Armenia and Azerbaijan have recorded significant progress in negotiations over the past several months, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing, conveying the view of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who initiated talks between the two countries' leaders Saturday at the Munich Security Conference.

"This has been the result of bilateral engagement with the United States, trilateral engagement with the United States, the work that the EU has done in their diplomacy as well, and what we hope to see when the parties come together in Brussels in the coming days in the talks hosted by President Michel of the EU," Price said, while expressing hope for continued progress.