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    PHILIP GORDON VOICES SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S PROPOSED HISTORICAL COMMISSION

    armradio.am
    17.06.2009 13:16

    Assistant Secretary of State Phil Gordon today indicated that the
    Obama Administration supports the establishment of an Armenia-Turkey
    historical commission, a controversial proposal long advanced by the
    Turkish government to cast doubt on the Armenian Genocide and undermine
    international progress toward the universal recognition of this crime
    against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of America
    (ANCA).

    Gordon, during testimony earlier today before the Europe Subcommittee
    of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, fielded a question from
    the panel's Chairman, Robert Wexler (D-FL) about how the Department
    of State intends to "navigate the course of the engagement between
    Turkey and Armenia so that Azerbaijan comes out a winner." In his
    response to this inquiry by the Turkish Caucus Co-Chairman, Gordon
    voiced support for the Armenia-Turkey "roadmap," a document publicly
    welcomed by the State Department on April 22nd, noting, in particular,
    a highly controversial, much discussed, but never before officially
    disclosed element of this agreement stipulating the establishment of
    a commission to examine historical issues between the two nation. His
    comments read, in part:

    "You have two parallel but separate tracks [Armenia-Turkey dialogue
    and the Nagorno Karabakh peace process] going on, a Turkey and
    Armenia normalization reconciliation process that we do think is
    quite potentially historic, where the two countries have agreed
    on a framework for normalizing their relations that would include
    opening the border, which has been closed for far to long, which
    would establish diplomatic relations and would provide commissions
    in key areas including history, and we encourage that process and we
    support it."
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