Crowley: US Will Continue Conversations With Turkey And Armenia

CROWLEY: US WILL CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY AND ARMENIA

Panorama.am
16:48 26/01/2010

The United States will continue the talks with Armenia and Turkey
to encourage them to ratify the protocols asap, Arminfo quoted US
Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley as saying.

"Our position in private remains our position in public, that stemming
from the agreement between Turkey and Armenia late last year, it is
important that both sides take steps to fulfill the commitments that
they have made," US Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley said.

"Obviously, we understand that this involves actions where the
executive branch of each country working with their respective
legislatures, and we will continue our conversations with both Turkey
and Armenia to encourage them to ratify the agreement that was reached
late last year," Crowley noted.