ENVOY RETURN DISCUSSED IN TURKEY-US PHONE TALK

WorldBulletin.Net
March 30 2010
Turkey

Ambassador Namik Tan was recalled to Ankara after the Foreign Relations
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a resolution
on the incidents of 1915 on March 4, 2010.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 10:27 Spokesman for the United States
Department of State, Philip Crowley, said Monday that during the
phone conversation of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and
his U.S. counterpart Hillary Clinton "the issue of Turkish Ambassador
Namik Tan and the possibility of his return back to Washington,
D.C. were discussed".

Speaking at a daily press conference, Crowley said that Turkey would
decide on when to send back Ambassador Tan to Washington, D.C.

Ambassador Namik Tan was recalled to Ankara after the Foreign Relations
Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a resolution
on the incidents of 1915 on March 4, 2010. The resolution supported
Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915.

Davutoglu and Clinton also discussed the issues of Minsk Group process
and Upper Karabakh, Turkey-Armenia relations, Clinton’s recent visit
to Russia and the most recent developments in the Middle East.

Davutoglu and Clinton had a "warm and constructive" conversation. The
two leaders underlined the importance of strategic partnership between

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg also said Monday they
wanted to see Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan in Washington, D.C. again.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Steinberg
said that Tan was a highly respectable ambassador whom the United
States waited impatiently to work with.

In reference to the phone conversation of Turkish Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu and his U.S. counterpart Hillary Clinton on Monday,
Steinberg said that, among the allies of the United States, the
dialogue with Turkey was the most closest and warmest.

Davutoglu’s phone conversation with Clinton facilitated an important
opportunity for the continuation of close dialogue between Turkey
and the U.S., Steinberg said.