Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza stated that "the parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are as close to the settlement as never". In his words, the U.S. considers the next several months to be a real "window of possibilities". Matthew Bryza also remarked that the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments should demonstrate political courage to overcome the discrepancies.

According to another U.S. State Department representative David E. Appleton, progress can be proved by the fact that Baku requested the U.N. Refugee Agency to develop a program for the return of refugees after the signing of a peaceful agreement, reported RFE/RL.