U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE: "ARMENIA SHOULD DECLARE THAT IT HAS NO DEMANDS WITH REGARD TO TERRITORIES OF TURKEY"

NOYAN TAPAN

JU NE 19

Armenia should declare that it has no demands with regard to the
territories of the modern Turkey. As the Turkish press reports, this
statement was made by Danniel Fried, the U.S. Assistant Secretary
of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, during the
hearings organized in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives of U.S. Congress.

Speaking about the Armenian-Turkish relations, Fried mentioned that
they are for the settlement of the problems existing between Turkey
and Armenia: "The authorities of Armenia should answer the efforts
of Turkey constructively.

And Armenia should declare that it has no demands with regard to the
lands of the modern Turkey," Fried stressed.

Touching upon the fact of the Armenian Genocide, the U.S. Assistant
Secretary of States mentioned that Turkey should reckon with its
history: "It is necessary that Turkey should reckon with the dark pages
of its history, however, that will not be easy," Daniel Fried declared.