Will Washington close the Armenia-Azerbaijan deal?

This week, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met face to face for the first time. Their mission: finalizing a peace agreement reached in principle in March.

“Armenia and Azerbaijan could strike a peace deal pretty soon,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ahead of the leaders’ recent meeting. For the first time in decades, Moscow finds itself sidelined from mediating a conflict it once dominated. This has created an opening for American leadership.