For the U.S. it is important that the ceasefire be
maintained, that the humanitarian needs be addressed, and that an independent
international mission be established as soon as possible. Spokesperson for the
U.S. Department of State Matthew Miller said this.
“That is our priority for dealing with the immediate
situation and one that we are working to get off the ground. So we are quite
serious about the international mission. We think the international mission is
important because it relates to all of the other questions about humanitarian
assistance, about humanitarian needs in the region. We are so serious about the
international mission that the Secretary raised it in his call with President
Aliyev, pressed him to support an international mission,” Miller said.
He noted that such issues as under what auspices that
mission would be launched, who would participate, what its scope would be, and
what it would look like are under discussion now.
Miller did not comment on Artsakh President Samvel
Shahramanyan’s decree, in which the Republic of Artsakh will cease to exist.
