U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price, during a December 12 press briefing, said Washington is aware of the recent blocking of the sole roadway linking Armenia and Artsakh and is working to de-escalate tensions in the region.

When asked by a reporter whether Washington is actively engaged in normalizing relations between Yerevan and Baku, Price said the Biden administration “is consistently focused on this challenge.”

“We, of course, brought the two countries together at the foreign minister level here in Washington. We did that in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. And Phil Reeker, our senior advisor, has been actively engaged with officials in both countries to see to it that we are doing everything we can and, most importantly, that these two countries are doing everything they can to see to it that these tensions are de-escalated,” Price said.

A group of Azerbaijanis claiming to be "environmental activists" closed the Stepanakert-Goris highway linking Artsakh and Armenia yesterday for the second time in nine days.

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