U.S. IS FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
28.09.2009 22:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan met
with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in New York, U.S. Department
of State reports. "I am very pleased to have this opportunity to meet
with the Foreign Minister. He and I have talked on the phone. I have
watched his very diligent and effective efforts over the last months
that I’ve had the privilege of being the Secretary of State. And I want
to reiterate our very strong support for the normalization process that
is going on between Armenia and Turkey, which we have long said should
take place without preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe,"
stated Secretary of State after meeting with the Armenian minister.

Hilary Clinton added, that U.S. will continue to work closely with
the RA FM and, of course, with his president and the Government
of Armenia. "And we also are very committed to the democratic
development of Armenia. We want to be a partner and a friend in
increasing prosperity and economic development as well. So this is
a comprehensive relationship. We are very focused on this challenge
of normalization which Armenia has demonstrated great commitment to,
yet our relationship is much broader and much deeper in addition to
that," Secretary of State concluded.

As Armenian FM told in his turn, he is pleased to meet again in the
United States and to meet with Secretary. "This is a good opportunity
to discuss a wide range of the issues on our bilateral agenda and
international issues and specifically in our region, Turkish-Armenian
normalization," Edward Nalbandyan said.