US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held another round of trilateral talks with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York on Thursday, continuing efforts to broker a peace deal between the two countries.

“Secretary Blinken commended both ministers on the progress Armenia and Azerbaijan have made toward a durable and dignified peace and encouraged continued progress by both countries to finalize an agreement as soon as possible. The Secretary underscored that a peace agreement would bring increased stability and prosperity to the region,” said Matthew Miller, the US State Department spokesman, in a short statement. 

“The parties agreed to put additional efforts towards the conclusion of the Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations in the shortest possible period,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in its readout.

The official statements did not clarify whether any significant progress was made toward finalizing the peace treaty.