Senior US official, Armenian president discuss Karabakh
BAKU – US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Yerevan on Wednesday for talks focusing on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, Sargsyan’s press service told Radio Liberty.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian took part in the meeting. No details of the meeting were disclosed.
Steinberg has held talks on Karabakh settlement twice in the past year.
On Thursday, a delegation led by the US deputy secretary of state will head to the Georgian capital Tbilisi, and then arrive in Baku.
According to the US embassy in Armenia, from February 23-26 Steinberg will be visiting the three South Caucasus republics – Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia – as well as Albania and Bosnia.
Steinberg is accompanied during his visit to the South Caucasus by Philip Gordon, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
The US officials are due to discuss bilateral relations and regional security in the three countries. Meetings are also scheduled with representatives of public organizations and journalists, the US embassy in Armenia said.
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