US Department of State: "We regret that ceasefire was violated on the contact front line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces"

Casey noted that official Washington is sorry about it.

"We regret that ceasefire was violated on the contact front line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces. Matthew Bryza, deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Asia communicated our concern in Baku and over the telephone to the Foreign Minister of Armenia. We consider it important to adhere to ceasefire regime in the future.

This proves need to intensify efforts to seek for diplomatic ways of conflict settlement in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group", Casey announced.

Tom Casey said that Matthew Bryza will visit Yerevan after Baku aiming to accelerate process of the dialogue between the authorities and opposition following violence which took place after elections.

"We want to inform the Armenian government that we expect the termination of emergency state in the country, as the situation has calmed down. Moreover, we are concerned over the restrictions posed on the activity of press, in particular, Radio of Liberty.

The United States want these restrictions to be lifted. This is important more for Armenian citizens than for us. In this case, Armenians will be able to get information from open sources".

/APA/