Blinken: meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs in Tbilisi a “positive step”

In his tweet, Blinken called direct dialogue “the surest path” to resolve differences between the two sides in the region.

.@bayramov_jeyhun and @AraratMirzoyan took a positive step today, meeting in Tbilisi. Direct dialogue is the surest path to resolving Azerbaijani and Armenian differences.

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) July 16, 2022

The meeting between Bayramov and Mirzoyan came amid the Georgian Government’s Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative for the South Caucasus, a platform for facilitating talks between the regional states.