The United States mourns the death of the Armenian servicemember Hrach Manasaryan on March 7, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States to the OSCE Courtney Austrian said in a statement.
We urge the parties to make progress on humanitarian issues such as the full release of all remaining detainees, sharing information to identify the fate of missing persons, humanitarian demining, and moving forward on investigations of alleged human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law.
The United States has contributed $5 million in humanitarian assistance this year to support conflict-affected populations in both Armenia and Azerbaijan.
One Armenian serviceman was killed and another was wounded when the Azerbaijani military opened fire at Armenian military positions on March 7