Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers to “meet Pompeo in Washington” next Friday Oct 23rd

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to meet separately with U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo in Washington on Friday October 23rd, as announced on Monday, by the DoS. It was not clear whether the ministers of the two warring countries would also hold talks with each other or whether U.S. officials would attempt to convene a trilateral session, the news website said. The visits signal the United States’ deepening efforts to de-escalate a latest round of fighting over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and will offer the Trump administration an opportunity to showcase an attempt at global…