US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller consistently emphasizes the need for opening routes in Nagorno-Karabakh and dialogue between the parties, "Although Nagorno-Karabakh must have credible representatives for this process, as we have said before, we do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent and sovereign state, so we do not recognize the results of the so-called presidential elections that have been announced in the last few days."
At the same time, he said that the United States will continue to strongly support the efforts of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve outstanding issues through direct dialogue, "That's why Secretary of State Blinken and Senior Adviser on Caucasus Negotiations Lou Bono have been consistently involved, and we will continue to engage with that issue consistently," he said.