US welcomes first meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani border commissions

The United States welcomes the first joint meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani commissions on border delimitation and demarcation held earlier this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a tweet on Thursday.

“The United States welcomes the first joint meeting of the Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral Border Commissions,” he wrote.

“The U.S. supports the EU-brokered conversations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and encourages continued positive momentum and bilateral dialogue in support of regional peace,” Blinken said.

The first meeting of the heads of the commissions, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Shahin Mustafayev, took place at a section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on Tuesday.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry said they discussed “procedural and organizational issues concerning joint activities of the commissions.”

The United States welcomes the first joint meeting of the Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral Border Commissions. The U.S. supports the EU-brokered conversations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and encourages continued positive momentum and bilateral dialogue in support of regional peace

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 25, 2022