The US embassy in Armenia has denied media claims that the US is pressuring United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member countries not to sign a resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh humanitarian crisis following the UNSC emergency meeting on August 16.

“At the United Nations Security Council meeting last Wednesday on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, led by our Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the Council discussed key issues related to the current humanitarian situation. We have not seen a draft resolution, and claims that the U.S. is pressuring member countries not to sign a resolution are completely false,” the embassy stated, in written comments in response to an Armenpress inquiry. 

“As noted in our statement at the UNSC session, we remain deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in NK [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] and we’re encouraging the Azerbaijani government to open the Lachin Corridor to humanitarian, commercial and private traffic expeditiously,” added the US embassy in Armenia.