At a press briefing on October 2, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said that the United States of America welcomes the UN team mission to Karabakh.

"However, Washington is working with its regional partners to deploy a separate international mission in the region. We continue to work with our allies and partners on what the longer-term mission will look like," Miller added.

The press secretary refrained from expressing a definitive position regarding the allegations of ethnic cleansing in Karabakh: "We take allegations of ethnic cleansing, genocide or other atrocities seriously. We are in touch with our contacts there about the situation. If we see evidence that these have occurred, we will not hesitate to respond to allegations of atrocities with appropriate action and demand accountability from those responsible for the atrocities."

The spokesman noted: "However, the region has been emptied of civilian population. About 100,000 ethnic Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh and went to Armenia. I think none of us can say how many percent of them plan to stay permanently in Armenia or what percent may want to return if conditions permit." According to Miller, that is why the US is proposing the creation of an independent international monitoring mission to ensure that any returnees will be protected.