John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, during the briefing, spoke about the 100th day of the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The journalist was interested in the position of the American administration on the ongoing conflict, and whether the USA does not view the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) as cause for concern.
“I would just — broadly speaking, what we’ve said before is we — we urge all sides here to deescalate. We don’t want to see any of this violence, and we want to see all sides take — take appropriate steps to deescalate the tension and to — and to stop the violence. But beyond that, I’m really not prepared to go today,” Kirby said adding that he is not prepared to go beyond that today and speak about the Russian troop presence.
