ArmInfo.The U.S. continues to work to resolve the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, told a briefing.
"I'll just say that we continue to work to resolve the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. As I spoke to yesterday, the Secretary has been personally involved in this, with multiple conversations just in the past week. We did note - I will say - you brought up the topic - that in the last 24 hours one shipment of humanitarian supplies passed through the Aghdam route into Nagorno-Karabakh, and so we will reiterate our call on the specific question about the importance of opening both corridors into the country and as a more - as a short-term matter, and as a more long-term matter, the two countries coming to an ultimate agreement," Mr Miller said.
Interestingly, Mr Miller called Nagorno-Karabakh "the country" - a slip of the tongue or a deliberate act?
The Russian Red Cross delivered the first consignment of humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian foreign office spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Moscow hopes for unblocking of the Lachin corridor along with the Aghdam corridor in the immediate future, and "humanitarian aid will unimpededly be delivered to the region on regular basis in both directions."
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Armenia's leadership actually recognized Azerbaijan's sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
"In this context a number of questions arise concerning the humanitarian component and the Russian peacekeepers' mandate for presence in the region," he said.