BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4. Reaching the peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia would have very positive effects even beyond their two countries, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, following the meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, Trend reports.
"The leadership that we’re seeing from both Armenia and Azerbaijan, and from my friends the foreign ministers, is inspiring. None of this is easy, but the commitment, the determination to move forward, to deal with the remaining challenging issues is real. And we feel, coming out of these few days, that, as I said, we’ve made very tangible progress. A final agreement is within reach, and we’re determined to continue to help our friends achieve it," he said.
On May 1, the US hosted a trilateral meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. After that, a bilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries was held at the George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia. Negotiations continued on May 2 and 3 in a bilateral format. The final round of negotiations took place on May 4.