US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Wednesday received the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, at the White House.

“Good to host Ararat Mirzoyan & Jeyhun Bayramov together at the White House today. I encouraged Armenia & Azerbaijan to continue making progress toward peace, as well as to avoid provocations and de-escalate tensions in order to build confidence,” Sullivan noted on Twitter.