We see a real opportunity for Azerbaijan and Armenia to make peace. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien said, answering journalists’ questions during a briefing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re encouraged that the two sides are speaking with one another directly and with mediators.\u00a0 And with that, we see a real opportunity for the entire region to benefit. For example, if trade from Central Asia is able to flow through Azerbaijan and Armenia into T\u00fcrkiye, then it would be a substantial boost for all the countries on that trade route. And we\u2019d welcome the opportunity to be part of that.<\/p>\n
At the same time, if the decision is made not to pursue that by peaceful means, then we would have to use whatever tools we could to avoid having that kind of trade route created. So we\u2019ve been very clear with the parties about what we hope to see and about the consequences of moving forward otherwise. So we\u2019ll look forward to seeing where the parties come out.\u00a0 We know they\u2019ve expressed an interest in concluding a peace agreement very soon, and we would love to see that happen,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We see a real opportunity for Azerbaijan and Armenia to make peace. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien said, answering journalists’ questions during a briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re encouraged that the two sides are speaking with one another directly and with mediators.\u00a0 And with that, we see a real opportunity for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n