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    FRANCIS RICCIARDONE APPOINTED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY

    news.am
    Aug 4 2010
    Armenia

    The U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee confirmed the nomination
    of Francis J. Ricciardone to the position of U.S. Ambassador to Ankara.

    As NEWS.am reported previously, heated discussions were held during
    the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing of Ambassador-Designate
    Francis Ricciardone on July 23.

    "Facilitating regional integration is a high priority for the United
    States. Rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia will foster increased
    stability and prosperity in the entire Caucasus region. As President
    Obama noted in his Armenian Remembrance Day statement of April 24th,
    'Together, the Turkish and Armenian people will be stronger as they
    acknowledge their common history and recognize their common humanity."

    We commended the governments of Turkey and Armenia on their signing
    of the historic protocols on normalization of relations on October
    10, 2009 in Zurich. The United States will continue to urge Turkey
    to ratify the protocols," Ricciardone said.




    From: A. Papazian
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