Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of US State Department on  purpose of Andrew Schofer `s visit to Yerevan

ArmInfo. The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of the US State Department commented on the purpose of US mediator Andrew Schofer's visit to Yerevan.

"The United States welcomes RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's  recent comments on negotiations with Azerbaijan, the recent telephone  conversation between Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, and  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's commitment to the peace  negotiations," the U.S. State Department's Bureau of European and  Eurasian Affairs said on Twitter. 

" Assistant Secretary Donfried is sending Senior Advisor for Caucasus  Negotiations Andrew Schofer to the region this week to discuss how  the United States can best support the process," the Bureau added in  a statement.

It should be noted that Schofer is already in Yerevan, where he held  meetings with RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Foreign Minister  Ararat Mirzoyan and Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan. The  peace agenda with Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh  were on the agenda of the negotiations.