The United States will announce on Thursday the deployment of a disaster response team to the South Caucasus region amid the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, Reuters reports, citing the statement by Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID.

"The United States will announce on Thursday the deployment of a disaster response team to the South Caucasus region to coordinate American humanitarian assistance," the agency reports.

The task of this group will reportedly be to assess the situation, identify priority needs and work with partners to provide the necessary assistance.