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    APA, Azerbaijan
    June 6 2009


    Hillary Clinton: `We believe a lot of progress has been made in
    relatively short period of time to resolve the issues over Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict, which are long standing'

    [ 06 Jun 2009 11:30 ]


    Washington. Zaur Hasanov `APA. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
    and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a joint press
    conference on Friday. Secretary Clinton said she held wide and
    fruitful discussions with her Turkish counterpart, APA US bureau
    reports.

    The Secretary of State reminded that Turkey was among the countries
    where she and President Obama made their first official visits. She
    said US and Turkey were working together to solve number of problems
    and there are new opportunities alongside with the problems. `Both
    U.S. and Turkey have unique roles to play. We obviously already
    collaborate. Not only we are both members of NATO but we are working
    with G 20 to respond to the world global economic crisis. We are
    exploring ways to enhance our trade and commerce between our two
    countries. We are working to develop new energy sources including
    resources from the Caucasus and Central Asia. We are partners in the
    fight against terrorism'.

    Clinton said US allied with Turkey in EU membership efforts and
    struggling PKK. She said they were strongly supportive of Turkish
    effort to normalize its relation with Armenia and we also very
    strongly supportive of the efforts to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict.

    Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu called his visit to
    Washington as a continuation of the Secretary Clinton and President
    Obama's visit to Turkey. He said both parts had constructive dialogue
    on the issues of Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the
    Caucasus and Black Sea Region.

    Secretary Clinton answered the question about the Turkish-Armenian
    relations after the announcement of roadmap in April and possibility
    of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict soon. `I have been very
    encouraged by the progress has been made and by the commitment of the
    governments involved. Certainly Turkey and Armenia with the assistance
    of Swiss government have committed themselves to the process of
    normalization. We are well aware that it is difficult and requires
    patience. But we are seen no flagging of commitment. The minister and
    I discussed the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia
    at length. He brought me up to date on developments. We are continuing
    to encourage the parties to proceed on the path which they themselves
    have set. Similarly with ongoing negotiations over
    Nagorno-Karabakh. The government of Azerbaijan and Armenia are
    proceeding and working together. They just were together in Saint
    Petersburg. We believe a lot of progress has been made in relatively
    short period of time to resolve the issues which are long standing'.

    Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu thanked the US government for
    its support for both processes. `We are very optimistic. We want to
    achieve a prosperous, peaceful Caucasus. And in that sense, we are
    fully committed to our normalization process with Armenia, and also,
    we are fully committed and we are ready to work together with United
    States and other co-chairs of Minsk Group for the resolution of
    Armenian-Azerbaijani issues'.
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