Establishment of checkpoint on Lachin corridor undermines efforts to  establish confidence in peace process - U.S. Department of State 

ArmInfo.The U.S. Department of is deeply concerned about the establishment of a checkpoint on the  Lachin corridor, Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson, told a briefing, on April 25, in response to a question about the official statement on Sunday suggesting that the high-level negotiations that  senior administration officials have been conducting in Baku and Yerevan throughout last week did not prove a success. 

"You know firsthand that this issue in the South Caucasus is  something that the Secretary himself deeply values and places a lot  of importance on. And as you saw us say over the weekend, the  department is deeply concerned about the establishment of a  checkpoint on the Lachin corridor. Frankly, it undermines efforts to  establish confidence in the peace process, and we are of the  viewpoint that there should be free and open movement of people and  commerce on the Lachin corridor. But Senior Advisor Bono, Assistant  Secretary Hogan, the Secretary - we're going to continue to remain  deeply engaged on this," Mr Patel said. 

He did not get into specifics of diplomatic assessments on the ground  or the specifics of the conversations.