Dec 13, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The United States on Wednesday welcomed the return of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani detainees, and reports that additional confidence-building measures
are being discussed, the State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told
TURAN's Washington correspondent during daily briefing.
The exchange involved the release of 32 Armenians mostly captured two years
ago. In return, Armenia handed over two Azerbaijani soldiers held since this
April.
Miller went on to add: "We will continue to work with Armenia and
Azerbaijan to move the process forward... We continue to believe that peace is
possible if both parties are willing to pursue it."
In the meantime, he refrained from sharing any details about the forthcoming
potential meeting of the foreign ministers in Washington.
Baku and Yerevan last week announced the planned prisoner exchange saying that
they "reconfirm their intention to normalise relations and to reach a
peace treaty on the basis of respect for the principles of sovereignty and
territorial integrity".
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