The US is deeply concerned about the natural gas disruptions and Azerbaijan’s troop movements in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of the US Department of State noted about this on Twitter. 

“Armenia and Azerbaijan need to use direct communications channels to immediately deescalate,” it added.

Also, the aforesaid bureau informed that Karen Donfried, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, had “important calls” Thursday with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.

 

The Azerbaijani armed forces have advanced in the direction of Parukh and Khramort villages of the Askeran region of Artsakh. According to a statement issued by the Artsakh Info Center, the movement of these Azerbaijani armed forces has been suspended, but they have not yet returned to their initial positions.

And Khramort village mayor Zorik Abrahamyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that everything is as normal in Khramort, and under their control.