"We do not recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state. We regret that a pro-independence constitutional referendum was held in Nagorno Karabakh," said State Department Spokesman Edgar Vasquez. "Being co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group the U.S. works at the Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement. Nagorno Karabakh's future status is being discussed in the framework of the peaceful talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan," he said. In his opinion the referendum forestalls the process, that is why the U.S. doesn't recognize its outcomes. At that he is convinced that the referendum outcomes, reports the Voice of America.