YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: The United States is ready to assist the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlementprocess. Armenpress reports that the US Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick made a note about it in his Twitter blog.  

Concerning the tripartite meeting Sargsyan- Kerry-Aliyev held by the initiative of the US Secretary of State John Kerry, James Warlick wrote: “In Wales John Kerry hosted productive talks between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno Karabakh. We are ready to help”.

A tripartite meeting was held on September 4 in Newport between the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the initiative of the American side. Discussed were issues related to the current stage and the prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict talks. The conflicting sides presented their respective positions with regard to the negotiation process.Reiterating that there is no alternative to the peaceful settlement and ruling out any attempt to escalate the situation, State Secretary Kerry urged the parties to find mechanisms for easing the tensions and develop confidence building measures between the sides. Stressing the need to continue the talks in the OSCE Minsk Group format, John Kerry expressed readiness to possibly back up the search of ways for conflict resolution. At the same time, he underscored that the two sides need to show strong commitment and political will on the way to peaceful settlement.