US State Department: Our short-term priority is to reopen the Lachin corridor

“Special Advisor Louis Bono continues to engage both on the short-term priority, which is to re-open the Lachin corridor, and of course the – our long-term priority, which I – I say long-term, but we really want it to happen as soon as possible, which is to reach a peaceful resolution to the overall matter,” Spokesperson for the US Department of State Matthew Miller said at a press-briefing on Thursday.

Miller did not specify whether Bono would also visit Baku. “If you put a call in to the appropriate bureau, I’m sure they can give you detail,” he said.

One of the journalists asked for the message of the State Department to suffering Armenian Christians.

“We want the Lachin Corridor to be opened immediately. We have made that clear. Secretary Blinken has engaged with the leaders of both Armenia and Azerbaijan to make it clear that we want the Lachin Corridor to be opened immediately to address the really dire humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Miller replied.