BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28. There are no changes
in the schedule of meetings between Azerbaijani and Armenian
foreign ministers, Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of
the US State Department said during a briefing on June 28, Trend
reports.
“We absolutely have to confirm that there are meetings
today. There’s been no change in scheduling the meetings.We’re very much glad to be convening and hosting this and the role
that we’ve played similar to the last time that we hosted this,
these kinds of talks earlier this year. As I said the Secretary had
the opportunity to meet with the foreign ministers. It’s something
that the department is going to continue to remain deeply engaged
on,” he said.
On June 27, Blinken held separate closed-door bilateral meetings
with the FMs of Azerbaijan and Armenia at the National Training
Center for Foreign Affairs named after George P. Schultz.
After the meetings, Blinken took part in the first plenary
session with the foreign ministers of the two countries.
Then the ministers continued negotiations in a bilateral format,
which lasted intermittently for 4-5 hours.
The negotiations will continue through June 29.
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