US secretary of state Kerry meets Armenian FM Nalbandian

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the State Department Tuesday. "Armenia today is an important partner with United States in a number of initiatives," Kerry told reporters alongside Nalbandian before their meeting. "Importantly, they're helping us in Afghanistan with ISAF. They've played a key role in Kosovo helping to keep peace there. And one of the issues, obviously, that we all really want to try to see resolved one day is the frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh." "We also have other issues of great importance to us: the economic partnership, the development of the economy and strengthening of democracy, and the security of our friends, the Armenian people," Kerry said. Nalbandian said that it was a "pleasure" to be in Washington and "to have a conversation on perspectives of enhancement of the friendly partnership between Armenia and the United States." "Both countries have a good interaction in the international arena covering international regional security, proliferation, fight against terrorism, as you mentioned, peacekeeping operations from Kosovo to Afghanistan, and other challenges," Nalbandian said. "I would like to use also the opportunity to express our gratitude to the President Obama Administration for remarkable contribution to the strengthening of Armenian-American relations, which are today in their highest point," Nalbandian said.