"I'm not going to get ahead of planning that hasn't been done or decisions that haven't been made," rear admiral John Kirby said.

The Supreme Council adopted a declaration of Armenian independence, renaming Armenian Socialist Republic as the Republic of Armenia.

Output is now back on track and suppliers are working flat-out to make up for lost time, the supply chain sources said.

Four months of fighting in the region have left more than 2,000 people dead and caused more than 330,000 people to flee their homes.

"Study of 20th century world history would be incomplete without familiarity with the Armenian Genocide," Elen Asatryan said.