U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in a phone call on Sunday.
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“Jean-Yves Le Drian and I discussed our concern over the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. We also discussed the need for a long-term political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Blinken said in a tweet.
As reported earlier, Armenia’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian also held a telephone conversation with Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday, highlighting the active role of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.