US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in separate talks on Monday about the “positive steps” the two countries are taking toward a peace agreement, the State Department said. Blinken cited recent direct talks between the two countries’ leaders and foreign ministers, and he urged them to continue “time-bound and measurable steps to support the peace process,” statements released by the State Department said. I spoke with Azerbaijani President Aliyev to welcome progress on formal peace talks between Azerbaij…