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DR. GORDON SAYS RATIFICATION SHOULDN'T DEPEND ON PRECONDITIONS AND OTHER ISSUES
Panorama.am
13:12 11/12/2009
Turkish HurriyetDaily referred to Assistant Secretary of the Bureau
of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon's statements made after
Obama-Erdogan meeting. Gordon emphasized three significant issues for
turkey. 1. The first is that Turkey wishes to take mediator's role
between Iran and the west. We said we support that sort of mediation;
we want them to help as it's necessary for Iran to understand the
messages released by the international community. 2. I'm not going
to refer to the White House talks over sending Turkish troops to
Afghanistan. In fact, Turkey has significant role in Afghan issue and
our relations with Turkey related to that very topic are perfect. 3.
We hail the normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties and the protocols
also. We also hail resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But,
in fact, they are separate processes, and if there's successful
development in both of them, then a historic development will
be recorded. The protocols should be ratified within reasonable
timeframe. We'd like both governments to ratify them as soon as
possible. The ratification should be without any preconditions and
it should not be linked with other issues. President Obama told that
to Erdogan. We are ready to support each side.
Panorama.am
13:12 11/12/2009
Turkish HurriyetDaily referred to Assistant Secretary of the Bureau
of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon's statements made after
Obama-Erdogan meeting. Gordon emphasized three significant issues for
turkey. 1. The first is that Turkey wishes to take mediator's role
between Iran and the west. We said we support that sort of mediation;
we want them to help as it's necessary for Iran to understand the
messages released by the international community. 2. I'm not going
to refer to the White House talks over sending Turkish troops to
Afghanistan. In fact, Turkey has significant role in Afghan issue and
our relations with Turkey related to that very topic are perfect. 3.
We hail the normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties and the protocols
also. We also hail resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But,
in fact, they are separate processes, and if there's successful
development in both of them, then a historic development will
be recorded. The protocols should be ratified within reasonable
timeframe. We'd like both governments to ratify them as soon as
possible. The ratification should be without any preconditions and
it should not be linked with other issues. President Obama told that
to Erdogan. We are ready to support each side.