Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held talks in Arlington (Virginia, USA) on May 1-4.
The ministers were hosted at the George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. In Washington, the ministers met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The ministers presented their views on the current situation and expressed their positions on the existing problems related to regulating relations.
The ministers and their teams have made progress in mutual understanding on some articles of the draft bilateral agreement on "Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations" while noting that positions on several critical issues remain different.
The two ministers appreciated the American side hosting the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The parties agreed to continue discussions.
