ArmInfo. US will continue to cooperate with Russia and France on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Bridget Brink told journalists on November 17 commenting on the possible changes in foreign policy of the country after Donald Trump's election as US President.
Brink recalled that the USA will continue with the political line of the incumbent President Barack Obama till January 20, 2017, followed by a transitional period and only after that it will become clear what program Trump has.
As for the South Caucasus the USA has been assisting the region for a lot of years. The two Parties of the Congress-Republicans and Democrats have performed consistent work assisting efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Brink noted.
She also stated that Russia, France and the USA have worked jointly for many years on the Karabakh settlement problem and this work has been quite constructive. In this context she expressed assurance that cooperation to that end will continue in future.
Touching upon the issue of status quo Brink stated that the US considers that status quo is not stable and April events have demonstrated that fact. Negotiations should be continued aimed at reaching comprehensive settlement of the conflict. We think that the settlement of the conflict will have positive impact on the entire region, the representative of the US Secretary of State noted.
She also stressed that the US supports implementation of Vienna agreements aimed at creating mechanisms for investigating incidents and expanding mandate of Personal Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in- Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Ambassador James Warlick represents the US side in this issue and we hope that progress will be reached in the nearest future, she noted.