Turkey-Armenia Relations to Come Up via Clinton’s Trip to Yerevan
Worldwide, Politics, Daily news | ashkharh | July 1, 2010 11:10
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said Turkey-Armenia relations would come up during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s upcoming trip to Yerevan.
Gordon held a press briefing on Tuesday on Clinton’s upcoming trip to Central Europe and the Caucasus.
In response to a question from a reporter, Gordon said he was sure Turkey-Armenia relations would be discussed during Clinton’s trip to Yerevan.
Gordon pointed out that the protocols signed by Turkey and Armenia last October were not yet ratified, and Armenian President Serzh Sargsian announced last spring that he was suspending his pursuit of ratification until the Turkish side was ready to move forward with ratification of protocols.
Gordon said the trip would be a chance for Clinton to speak to President Sargsian and the Armenians about how they saw that situation.
“We continue to believe it would be a good thing for the protocols to get ratified and implemented and have an open border with Turkey that would benefit both Armenia and Turkey,” said Gordon.
The protocols signed by Ankara and Yerevan in October 2009 aim to normalize relations and reopen the border which Turkey closed in 1993 following the Azerbaijani-Karabakh war, as Turkey’s support and backing policy in favor of Azerbaijan.
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