During phone talks with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the parties to abide by their commitments to a ceasefire, Spokesperson of the US Department of State Morgan Ortagus reported.

"Secretary Pompeo pressed the leaders to abide by their commitments to cease hostilities and pursue a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, and noted that there is no military solution to this conflict. The Secretary stressed the importance of fully implementing the ceasefire agreed in Moscow on October 10 and reaffirmed in the statement issued from Paris on October 17, in accordance with the October 1, 2020 joint statement of United States President Donald J. Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Russian President Vladimir Putin,” the Department of State spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday, October 27.