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    OBAMA DISCUSSED WITH SARKISIAN PROSPECTS FOR THE NORMALIZATION OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS AND THE RESOLUTION OF THE NKR CONFLICT

    NOYAN TAPAN
    APRIL 13, 2010
    WASHINGTON

    U.S. President Barack Obama discussed with his visiting Armenian
    counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, prospects for the normalization of
    Turkish-Armenian relations and the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict during their first-ever talks held in Washington on Monday.

    The White House did not immediately issue any statements on the talks
    held on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit hosted by Obama.

    The stalled Turkish-Armenian normalization process was expected to be
    their key focus, with Washington seen as making last-ditch attempts
    to salvage the U.S.-backed protocols signed by Ankara and Yerevan
    last October.

    Sarkisian's office, for its part, gave few details of the meeting
    which reportedly lasted for less than an hour. It said only that the
    two leaders spoke about "the course of normalizing relations between
    Armenia and Turkey" and "exchanged thoughts" on the current status
    of the Karabakh peace process. They also discussed "prospects for
    the development of bilateral Armenian-American relations," it said.

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has been personally
    involved in the Turkish-Armenian diplomacy, and Foreign Minister
    Edward Nalbandian were also present at the talks.

    According to radio "Liberty", Sarkisian and other Armenian leaders have
    repeatedly praised the U.S. administration for backing their pursuit
    of an unconditional and speedy implementation of the Turkish-Armenian
    protocols. They have threatened to walk away from the agreements if
    the Turks continue to link their parliamentary ratification with a
    Karabakh settlement acceptable to Azerbaijan.

    Sarkisian's participation in the summit and face-to-face encounter
    with Obama reflected Washington's strong support for his conciliatory
    policy on Turkey that has sparked serious controversy in Armenia and
    its worldwide Diaspora. He is the first Armenian head of state to
    meet a U.S. president in nine years.

    Sarkisian's predecessor, Robert Kocharian, and the late Azerbaijani
    President Heydar Aliyev were separately received by President George
    W.Bush in the White House after several days of U.S.-sponsored peace
    negotiations held on the Florida island of Key West in April 2001.
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