Blinken discusses path to agreement with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The US Secretary of State has called for the two sides to meet again later this month.
TASS - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a path to an agreement between the two countries at a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in New York on Monday (19), the US State Department said. Blinken also called on the two sides to meet again later this month.
"State Secretary Blinken met with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for their first direct talks since the recent fighting. They discussed next steps, and the Secretary encouraged the parties to meet again before the end of the month," the press release said.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
In the early hours of September 13, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said that Azerbaijani forces opened fire on some of the country's settlements. Azerbaijan said it was responding to provocations from Armenia.
Azerbaijan later said a ceasefire agreement had been reached, but Armenia said the shelling continued.
The Armenian Security Council convened an emergency meeting where it was decided to ask Russia to use the provisions of the Agreement on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, and also to appeal to the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the UN Security Council.