"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today to underscore the importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace discussions and pledged continued US support," US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a Saturday statement.
"Secretary Blinken reiterated that direct dialogue and diplomacy are the only path to a durable peace in the South Caucasus."
Blinken also expressed support for Pashinyan’s commitment to the peace process, Miller added.
The US, Russia and the European Union have taken turns to try and negotiate a peace pact between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the hope of ending their long-running conflict. The regional rivals have been involved in two major military conflicts over the Azerbaijani Armenian-dominated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
On April 30, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is expected to visit Washington where he will discuss the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that an agreement on an Azerbaijani-Armenian foreign ministers' meeting in Russia had been reached, with the exact date to be announced later.