U.S. administration representatives have no access to Nagorno-Karabakh, U.S. Secretary of State's adviser on Caucasus negotiations and OSCE Minsk Group co-chair Philip Reeker said, speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing

"The access to Nagorno-Karabakh is extremely limited. I have not been able to visit there on my trip in the past two months to the region. It is not currently possible for US government area conduct needs assessments or monitor programs, but the United States has programs of central funding for humanitarian, the mining operation, or some other things," he said when asked by Committee Chairman Bob Menendez what specific programs and assistance the U.S. has provided in the humanitarian realm.

However, Menendez was dissatisfied with the answer, saying he couldn't believe the administration didn't have specific programs in this area.