USA to actively support peaceful settlement of NK conict:Tillerson

Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian had a telephone conversation with United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The press service of the MFA Armenia informed that the Armenian Foreign Minister congratulated his American colleague on the occasion of assuming the post, expressing conviction that Armenian-US inter-state relations with a quarter of century history and the existing high level friendly partnership will be further fostered by joint efforts.

Thanking for the congratulation, Secretary of State Tillerson stressed that the USA highly values the warm and firm relations between the two states and is ready to continue the joint work aimed at further developing them.

The top diplomats of Armenia and the USA touched upon numerous issues of bilateral agenda during the phone conversation, expansion of trade-economic partnership and discussed a number of urgent regional and international issues. The US Secretary of State expressed gratitude for Armenia’s significant contribution to international peacekeeping missions.

Rex Tillerson highly appreciated the fact that Armenia gave shelter to dozens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Edward Nalbandian and Rex Tillerson exchanged ideas over the steps aimed at propelling Nagorno Karabakh peace process. The Armenian Defense Minister presented the recent developments that occurred in the conict zone.

In this context, the necessity to implement the agreements reached last year in Vienna and St. Petersburg was emphasized. Secretary of State Tillerson assured that the USA will continue to actively support the peaceful settlement of the conict.