US Assistant Secretary of State: We will do everything we can to help  Armenia achieve peace

ArmInfo.Washington remains committed to the process of co- chairing the OSCE Minsk Group. US  Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen  Donfried  stated this in an interview with RFE/RL's Armenian service.

In this regard, she stressed that the United States is one of the  co-chairs of the Minsk Group, which plays an important role in the  Nagorno-Karabakh issue. "We also see that the European Union plays an  important role. Therefore, I believe that this is a moment of  opportunity for the region, and we will do our best to help Armenia  achieve peace>, the diplomat said.

At the same time, Donfried did not agree with the proposal that  Washington stopped the process within the framework of the OSCE Minsk  Group co-chairing format in the context of the war in Ukraine, since,  along with the United States and France, Russia is also co-chairing  the group, which unleashed a war against Ukraine at the end of  February.

"We still believe that this is a very important format, especially on  Nagorno-Karabakh. And it's very important that we keep different  formats to try to move the world forward. And we will continue to do  so in the future", Donfried said. When asked whether this would mean  cooperation with Russia, she answered in the affirmative.

Regarding Azerbaijan, which no longer sees the role of the Minsk  Group, the diplomat confirmed that this topic was also raised at a  meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during her visit to  Baku.  <Azerbaijan does not support the process of co-chairing the  Minsk Group. The United States supports and participates in this  process and will continue to do so>,  the US assistant secretary of  state said.-