RELEASE OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO PROMOTION OF USA
INTERESTS IN REGION: ARMENIAN FM

YEREVAN, JUNE 15. ARMINFO. At a press-conference in the National
press-club in Washington, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan
once again called upon to Turkey’s authorities to release a border
with Armenia.

As ARMINFO was informed in Armenian Assembly of America (AAA), Oskanyan
noted that it will affect positively the situation in the region as a
whole and will help to promote interests of the USA there. He repeated
the position of the official Yerevan and the readiness to normalize
relations with Ankara without preconditions. Oskanyan stated that
one should not involve the legislative power on Armenian Genocide in
Ottoman Turkey in both the normalization process of bilateral relations
and the issue of borders’ release. Minister called upon to the White
House to exert influence on Turkey in this issue. The source informs
that the US President George Bush called upon to Turkey earlier to
restore economical, political and cultural relations with Armenia.