State Secretary Anthony Blinken received Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov for the first direct talks after the latest clashes.

APA reports that Ned Price, the spokesman of the US State Department, said this.

According to him, State Secretary Blinken emphasized the importance of preventing future escalation and the importance of returning to the peace process.

"They discussed the next steps and the Secretary of State called the parties to meet again before the end of the month," Preyas said.