U.S. calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to remain in dialogue, Mark Toner, Acting Deputy Department Spokesman, told the Nov. 18 briefing.

One of the journalists asked the following question: “I was wondering if you had any response to a seeming elevation of the rhetoric for some reason in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue – the president of Armenia, for instance, threatening to resolve the issue once and for all through force. I just wonder if you had any guidance on that or if you could get some.”

In response the U.S. official said, “I’m not up to speed on those comments. I know that we remain engaged in the Minsk process and – but I don’t have the latest on that. I would just urge everyone to – obviously, to remain in dialogue and avoid any rhetoric that would add to tensions.”

The above mentioned statement by the Armenian President came in response to unceasing military rhetoric of the Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev.