Secretary Pompeo held phone conversation with Pashinyan and Aliyev
Secretary Pompeo held phone conversation with Pashinyan and Aliyev

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Aliyev, according to statement by Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus.

“Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev separately. Secretary Pompeo pressed the leaders to abide by their commitments to cease hostilities and pursue a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, and noted that there is no military solution to this conflict.  The Secretary stressed the importance of fully implementing the ceasefire agreed in Moscow on October 10 and reaffirmed in the statement issued from Paris on October 17, in accordance with the October 1, 2020 joint statement of United States President Donald J. Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Russian President Vladimir Putin”, – the statement reads.