US State Secretary never said Azerbaijan was allegedly preparing to attack Armenia – State Department

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15. The U.S. State
Department denied the information circulated by Politico, Trend reports.

The article published in Politico said that Secretary of State
Antony Blinken allegedly warned at a meeting with U.S. congressmen
that Azerbaijan could attack Armenia in the coming weeks.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the article
published in Politico was erroneous and did not reflect the content
of Blinken’s conversation with the congressmen.

In order to ensure the provisions of the Trilateral Statement,
suppression of large-scale provocations in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh
economic region, disarmament, and withdrawal of Armenian armed
forces formations from the territories of Azerbaijan, localized
anti-terrorist activities were carried out in the region.

Taking into account the appeal of the representatives of the
Armenian population of Karabakh through the Russian peacekeeping
contingent, an agreement was reached on September 20, 2023, at
13:00 (GMT+4) to cease anti-terrorist activities of a local nature
under the following conditions: the formations of the armed forces
of Armenia, Armenian illegal armed formations located in
Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, lay down their weapons, leave their
combat positions and military posts, and completely disarm; the
formations of the armed forces of Armenia leave the territory of
Azerbaijan; Armenian illegal armed groups are dissolved.