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RA FM CALLED US TO URGE TURKEY TO OPEN BORDER
Pan Armenian News
13.06.2005 04:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian called the
United States to more active engagement in the process of establishing
normal relations between Armenia and Turkey and to urge Ankara to
lift Armenia's blockade. The US is active and we would like to see
Washington engaged in the issue as well", Vartan Oskanian said after
the meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In his words,
the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is still on
the agenda of the Armenian foreign policy. "Argentina, France, Poland
and Russia are among the countries to have recognized the Armenian
Genocide, however the US Administration still hesitates. Turkey in
its turn should not avoid the issue before establishing relations
with Armenia", he added. According to the RA FM, the US should call
upon Ankara to become a bridge not only between the East and West
but also between various parts of Europe. "Armenia and Turkey are
not at war. We have no problems with the country but for historical
discrepancies. Germany and France also disagree on some historical
facts but they do not close borders", Vartan Oskanian stressed,
RFE/RL reports.
Pan Armenian News
13.06.2005 04:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian called the
United States to more active engagement in the process of establishing
normal relations between Armenia and Turkey and to urge Ankara to
lift Armenia's blockade. The US is active and we would like to see
Washington engaged in the issue as well", Vartan Oskanian said after
the meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In his words,
the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is still on
the agenda of the Armenian foreign policy. "Argentina, France, Poland
and Russia are among the countries to have recognized the Armenian
Genocide, however the US Administration still hesitates. Turkey in
its turn should not avoid the issue before establishing relations
with Armenia", he added. According to the RA FM, the US should call
upon Ankara to become a bridge not only between the East and West
but also between various parts of Europe. "Armenia and Turkey are
not at war. We have no problems with the country but for historical
discrepancies. Germany and France also disagree on some historical
facts but they do not close borders", Vartan Oskanian stressed,
RFE/RL reports.