Bolton says US to continue efforts towards settling Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The United States will continue its efforts towards settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, National Security Adviser John Bolton has told a press conference on the results of his visit to Azerbaijan. On his meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, Bolton said they discussed a wide range of issues, including US-Azerbaijan cooperation, Azerbaijan’s role in the world energy market, fight against terrorism, human trafficking and illicit drug trafficking, as well as human rights, political and economic processes going on in the region, relations with regional countries. Noting that they focused on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the US national security adviser said the settlement of the conflict is also of great importance to the US. Bolton said he will leave Azerbaijan for Armenia to get acquainted with official Yerevan's position on this issue.