State Department spokesperson Ned Price reiterated at the press briefing on 26 September the US stance on the presence of Azerbaijani troops in Armenian territory. “We call on Azerbaijan to return troops to their initial positions.
We urge disengagement of military forces and work to resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through peaceful negotiations,” Price said.
He also added: “We do think that continued engagement directly between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not only in their interests, it is in the interests of the region and beyond.”
The US State Department spokesperson also stressed that his government is “dedicated to a sustainable ceasefire and to a peaceful resolution” and expressed support to the EU effort to this end.
Answering a journalist’s question on the existence of a US plan for the peaceful resolution of the conflict, Price said: “United States is not and cannot be in a position to submit a plan as a fait accompli. Our task is to bring the sides together, to facilitate dialogue, to help the sides together work through differences, to work through disagreements peacefully and diplomatically.”
