
US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner. (Source: Cihan)
WASHINGTON (Massis Post)—The United States has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume negotiations on a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict following last month’s upsurge in fighting that threatened to spark a full-scale Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Mark Toner, a U.S. State Department spokesman, appealed to the conflicting parties on Thursday as he commented on Armenia’s threats to recognize Karabakh as an independent republic.
“The United States, along with the rest of the international community, does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh,â€