There has never been or can ever be a military settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs said.

According to Rubin, the United States has focused on a fair, peaceful and long-lasting settlement of the conflict, acceptable to all the conflicting parties. “This approach must prevail for the peace process to succeed,” he stated at the Brookings Institution, according to Tert.am.

"There is no better solution: all the others are so unacceptable that they are not even worth considering," Rubin said. "It is time for the conflicting parties to reaffirm their readiness for and commitment to progress, without elaborating on whether this should be achieved through the parties’ statements or a presidential meeting."

Rubin noted that the U.S. and other co-chairing states are ready to do their best to establish a long-lasting peace, while the conflicting parties must refrain from using force.