ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS SHOULD BE SETTLED WITHIN REASONABLE PERIOD – U.S. OFFICIAL

Interfax
Oct 20 2009
Russia

The relations between Yerevan and Ankara should be stabilized without
any preconditions and within a reasonable period of time, according
to officials in Armenia and the United States.

This view was voiced by both parties at a meeting between Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan and the newly appointed U.S. Assistant
Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Tina Keydenau,
who made her first visit to Yerevan, the Armenian presidential press
office told Interfax.

At the meeting the parties discussed prospects for the bilateral
relations, the process of stabilizing the Armenian-Turkish relations
and regional security issues.

"The parties emphasized the importance of the progress in the
Armenian-Turkish relations and noted that the process of establishing
relations should occur without any pre-conditions and within a
reasonable period of time," the presidential press office said.

On Tuesday Keydenau also met with Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard
Nalbandian to discuss the Karabakh conflict.