US, ARMENIA PRESIDENTS MEET IN WASHINGTON
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13.04.2010 11:26
President Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with US President Barack Obama
on the sidelines of the Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
The leaders of the two countries discussed the perspectives of
development of the bilateral Armenian-American relations.
Serzh Sargsyan and Barack Obama touched upon the process of
normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and exchanged
views on regional developments, the current stage of negotiations
on the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, RA President’s
Press Office reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Armenia and Turkey to step up
the ongoing effort to pursue normalization of relations between the
two states and ratify the Protocols, White House Press Service said
in a statement released after the Presidents’ bilateral meeting
in Washington.
"Obama stressed the Armenian President’s efforts to normalize
Armenia-Turkey relations emphasizing it derives from the interests
of Armenian people," the statement says.