Published December 14,2023
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The U.S. on Thursday welcomed Türkiye‘s “productive role in resolving” the battle between Azerbaijan and Armenia following Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan‘s go to to Baku.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller made the remark in response to a query by Anadolu.
“We agree with what the foreign minister said that peace is possible and we would support direct talks between the two parties to achieve that,” he stated.
Miller stated the battle is a part of the dialog in all talks between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Fidan.
“That is something that they regularly discuss when they either get together in person or when they talk on the phone,” he stated.
During his go to to Baku, Fidan stated Thursday that Ankara is happy with ongoing peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the chance for peace has grown considerably and is now unavoidable.
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged prisoners of battle Wednesday after the 2 nations agreed final week to the mutual launch of detainees in a step towards peace.
Azerbaijan introduced Wednesday that it launched 32 Armenian troopers as a part of a prisoner swap deal.
A press release by Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons stated the mutual change befell within the border area of Gazakh, the place Armenia additionally handed over two Azerbaijani troopers.
It stated the Armenian troopers had been launched after their well being situations had been checked by the International Committee of the Red Cross and their situations had been confirmed to be passable.
Source: www.anews.com.tr