Speaking about US Secretary Blinken’s upcoming trips, Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said during the regular press briefinghe and USAID Administrator Power will also join a U.S.-EU trilateral meeting with Armenia, together with European Commission President von der Leyen and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan, regarding U.S. and EU support for Armenia’s economic resilience as it works to diversify its trade partnerships and address humanitarian needs.
Miller also commented on Azerbaijani reaction in response to his yesterday’s comments that “our objectives in every engagement with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan are to include – are to encourage them to work to bridge the differences that – between the two countries and reach a durable and lasting peace agreement”. Baku called it “dividing”. They said the U.S. and EU might share responsibility for potential escalation following this meeting.
“I obviously would not agree with those comments. The focus of this meeting is on economic resilience to help Armenia diversify its trade partnerships and address humanitarian needs. I fail to see why that would be escalatory or would be of a concern to any country in the world”, Miller said in response to the journalist’s question.
