US POSITION ON ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS CLEAR: THERE SHOULD BE NO PRECONDITIONS

armradio.am
24.10.2009 14:35

"Our policy has been very clear. U.S. has supported the normalization
of relations between Turkey and Armenia without preconditions,"
Ian Kelly, Spokesman for eh US Department of State, told a daily
press briefing.

Right after signing the Turkish-Armenian Protocols in Zurich, the
Turkish foreign ministry announced that they will open the border
with Armenia after Nagorno-Karabakh – problem were resolved, putting
kind of precondition, while there were no preconditions in protocols
themselves. Asked whether the U.S. Government has changed its position
or State Department still supports the reopening of the border and
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations without any precondition,
Ian Kelly stated:

"We have not changed our position. We support the protocol that
was signed in Switzerland. And we have all along supported the
normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia without
preconditions, and our policy has been very clear on that."