‘It’s time for troops to disengage’, Blinken says at meeting with Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for disengaging troops during the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in New York.

“Today I hosted direct talks between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. As I conveyed during the meeting, it is time for troops to disengage and diplomats to return to the table”, Blinken said on Twitter.

On September 13, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched a major attack on Armenia from several directions, bombarding both military and civilian infrastructures with rocket-artillery and drone strikes.

Azerbaijan halted its attack in the evening of September 14 after a ceasefire was reached following the involvement of the international community.

On September 19 the Security Council of Armenia said that the number of those killed or missing as a result of the latest large-scale aggression of Azerbaijan reaches 207.