YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. During the last meeting held in Washington, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, narrowed down the scope of the issues that still remain unresolved, ARMENPRESS reports the spokesperson of the US State Department, Matthew Miller said.

"When we say that (peace-ed.) is close, we mean that they have made significant progress on a number of issues. Even during the last meeting, they narrowed down the scope of the issues that remain unresolved. So we think that given the reduction in the number of issues to be resolved, agreement is close," said Matthew Miller.

The diplomat stressed that in order to reach a peace treaty, both sides must have willingness for compromise.

As for the next negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Miller noted that such a meeting is not planned for now.