Mike Pompeo Emphasized Importance of Substantive Negotiations under Auspices of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

• 10.23.2020, 23:32
•  America,  Region,  World,  Armenia,  NKR

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov separately today in Washington, D.C., Morgan Ortagus, Department of State Spokesperson said in a press release.

"Secretary Pompeo emphasized the need to end the violence and protect civilians. The Secretary also stressed the importance of the sides entering substantive negotiations under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to resolve the conflict based on the Helsinki Final Act principles of the non-use or threat of force, territorial integrity, and the equal rights and self-determination of peoples," the spokesperson said.