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PH. GORDON: ARMENIA, TURKEY SHOULD ESTABLISH NORMALIZED RELATIONS REGARDLESS OF OTHER ISSUES
Panorama.am
15:16 02/02/2010
The US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip
Gordon reaffirmed that the Armenian-Turkish protocols should be
ratified and be implemented.
"As we know, Armenia and Turkey signed last October protocols on
establishing diplomatic relations. Both countries need to move
forward in ratifying and implementing protocols. We believe this is
an opportunity to overcome really historic differences between the
two countries in a way that would benefit both," Gordon told a press
conference in Washington.
"To establish normalized relations between the two countries and open
the border would contribute to peace and stability in the region,
and we think that is true regardless of other issues - that it needs
to move forward independently of other issues, simply because it is
in the interest of the two countries," Gordon said.
Note that Gordon's statement once again was a counterblow to Ankara's
views stating Nagorno-Karabakh settlement to be a major precondition
for the Armenian-Turkish normalization.
Panorama.am
15:16 02/02/2010
The US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip
Gordon reaffirmed that the Armenian-Turkish protocols should be
ratified and be implemented.
"As we know, Armenia and Turkey signed last October protocols on
establishing diplomatic relations. Both countries need to move
forward in ratifying and implementing protocols. We believe this is
an opportunity to overcome really historic differences between the
two countries in a way that would benefit both," Gordon told a press
conference in Washington.
"To establish normalized relations between the two countries and open
the border would contribute to peace and stability in the region,
and we think that is true regardless of other issues - that it needs
to move forward independently of other issues, simply because it is
in the interest of the two countries," Gordon said.
Note that Gordon's statement once again was a counterblow to Ankara's
views stating Nagorno-Karabakh settlement to be a major precondition
for the Armenian-Turkish normalization.