Blinken urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to make progress in finalizing peace treaty as soon as possible

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YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to make progress in finalizing the peace treaty as soon as possible, according to a statement by US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller following the Mirzoyan-Bayramov-Blinken trilateral meeting in New York./pp

At the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, held on Thursday in New York on the margins of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on the initiative and with the participation of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the sides agreed to make additional efforts towards the conclusion of a treaty “on the establishment of peace and interstate relations” as soon as possible./pp “Secretary Blinken praised both Ministers for the progress Armenia and Azerbaijan have made toward a lasting and dignified peace, and encouraged both countries to make further progress in finalizing the agreement as soon as possible. The Secretary emphasized that a peace agreement will bring greater stability and prosperity to the region,” Miller said in a statement on the State Department's website. -0-/pp nbsp;/p