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HILLARY CLINTON TO DISCUSS REGIONAL ISSUES IN ARMENIA
Aysor
June 30 2010
Armenia
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to travel to Ukraine,
Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia from July 1 to 5, said on
the Department of State's official web-site.
In Kyiv, Secretary Clinton will open the second meeting of the
Strategic Partnership Commission and meet with government officials,
including President Yanukovych and Foreign Minister Gryshchenko, and
with civil society and independent media leaders. In Krakow, Secretary
Clinton will participate in the celebration of the 10th anniversary
of the founding of the Community of Democracies, an organization
initiated by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and her
Polish counterpart Bronislaw Geremek in 2000. Secretary Clinton will
also meet with Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski.
The Secretary will continue on to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia,
where she will hold meetings with government officials and civil
society leaders to discuss bilateral issues, as well as issues related
to regional peace and stability.
Briefing reporters on the trip, Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs Philip Gordon said the Obama administration is
dissatisfied with Russia's failure to date to live up to cease-fire
requirements.
"We respect Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and
we call on Russia to abide by its commitments in the August 2008
cease-fire, which not only called for the non-use of force and an end
to hostilities, but called upon the parties to move their military
forces back to where they were before the conflict began, and that
hasn't been done," Philip Gordon is quoted as saying.
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that talks in Yerevan
will be aimed at items of development and strengthening of Armenia-US
relations and partnership. Among highlights there will be regional
and international issues of mutual interest, he said.
The trip will be Clinton's first travel to the Caucasus region since
taking office.
From: A. Papazian
Aysor
June 30 2010
Armenia
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to travel to Ukraine,
Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia from July 1 to 5, said on
the Department of State's official web-site.
In Kyiv, Secretary Clinton will open the second meeting of the
Strategic Partnership Commission and meet with government officials,
including President Yanukovych and Foreign Minister Gryshchenko, and
with civil society and independent media leaders. In Krakow, Secretary
Clinton will participate in the celebration of the 10th anniversary
of the founding of the Community of Democracies, an organization
initiated by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and her
Polish counterpart Bronislaw Geremek in 2000. Secretary Clinton will
also meet with Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski.
The Secretary will continue on to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia,
where she will hold meetings with government officials and civil
society leaders to discuss bilateral issues, as well as issues related
to regional peace and stability.
Briefing reporters on the trip, Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs Philip Gordon said the Obama administration is
dissatisfied with Russia's failure to date to live up to cease-fire
requirements.
"We respect Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and
we call on Russia to abide by its commitments in the August 2008
cease-fire, which not only called for the non-use of force and an end
to hostilities, but called upon the parties to move their military
forces back to where they were before the conflict began, and that
hasn't been done," Philip Gordon is quoted as saying.
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that talks in Yerevan
will be aimed at items of development and strengthening of Armenia-US
relations and partnership. Among highlights there will be regional
and international issues of mutual interest, he said.
The trip will be Clinton's first travel to the Caucasus region since
taking office.
From: A. Papazian