US WELCOMES STATEMENT BY ARMENIA AND TURKEY ON NORMALIZATION OF BILATERAL RELATIONS

ArmenPress
April 23 2009
Armenia

YEREVAN, APRIL 23, ARMENPRESS: "The United States welcomes the
statement made by Armenia and Turkey on normalization of their
bilateral relations. It has long been and remains the position
of the United States that normalization should take place without
preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe," Robert Wood, acting
spokesman of US State Department stated April 22.

"We urge Armenia and Turkey to proceed according to the agreed
framework and roadmap. We look forward to working with both governments
in support of normalization, and thus promote peace, security and
stability in the whole region," the statement of the spokesman said.