U.S. CONGRESSMEN ASK COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
Tert.am
25.09.2009
U.S. congressmen supported on Wednesday the normalization of
Turkish-Armenian relations.Three congressmen who are the members of
the Congressional Caucus on Turkey sent a letter to other members
of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting the rapprochement
between Turkey and Armenia, reports the Anatolian News Agency.
In their letter, U.S. congressmen Robert Wexler, Edward Whitfield
and Kay Granger supported the August 31 joint declaration of Turkey,
Armenia and Switzerland and the normalization process between Turkey
and Armenia.
The three congressmen called on their other colleagues to support
normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations, and said the trilateral
declaration made by the governments of Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland
on August 31 made public two protocols and a schedule to normalize
relations.
In their letter, Wexler, Whitfield and Granger said as far as they
were concerned, Turkish and Armenian leaders would most probably meet
in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The U.S. congressmen hoped this meeting would bring the two countries
closer to each other, and lay the groundwork for a planned visit
of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Turkey to watch a World Cup
qualifier on October 14.
Therefore, they said in their letter, they were encouraging Turkish and
Armenian governments and parliaments to progress on the rapprochement
process, with the support of the Swiss government, and to build a
better future for Turkey, Armenia and the entire South Caucasus.