U.S. INDIFFERENT TO CHANGES IN TURKISH POLICY
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Nov 13 2009
Armenia
Nov. 13, 2009 Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department for
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H.
Gordon paid an official visit to Turkey. Armenia-Turkey reconciliation
and possible cooperation under the conditions of recent regional
processes are on agenda, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reports.
According to TRT channel, Gordon already made a statement on change
of Turkish foreign policy track. "We are confident that Turkey will
remain our close partner for U.S., as well as West and Europe."
Gordon also touched upon Iranian nuke program in his speech. "This
process cannot take forever. If Iran does not sound serious alerts
by this year end, we will be forced to take new measures," Gordon
outlined.
In the meantime, according to some Turkish mass media, American
diplomat had a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
In the course of meeting the officials discussed NKR conflict
resolution. According to Hurriyet Daily diplomatic sources, this visit
is preparatory in advance of the December visit by Turkish Premier
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the U.S. to meet with Barack Obama.