ArmInfo.he upcoming meeting in Washington is "a message to Putin that the US is still involved in the affairs of the South Caucasus." Richard Kauzlarich, former US ambassador to Azerbaijan (1994-1997), expert on the South Caucasus, stated this, referring to the upcoming meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In his opinion, Washington wants to stop the "carousel" of endless forums in which Azerbaijan and Armenia are involved, to give them the opportunity to talk directly to each other.
"I'm not sure what the US's goals are, other than to send a message to Moscow and push the parties to get out of this carousel and resume direct negotiations leading to a peace agreement," he told Turan, in response to a question: what does the USA want to achieve by inviting the ministers to Washington?
In his opinion, the invitation of the foreign ministers, and not the presidents, indicates that Washington wants to evaluate the results of the meeting in Sochi.
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