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US STATE DEPARTMENT REAFFIRMS US SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT, NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Panorama
July 7 2010
Armenia
The US State Department hosted a briefing Tuesday, when reporters
inquired from Mark C. Toner, Acting Deputy Department Spokesman,
on the results of Hillary Clinton's visit to the Central Europe
and the South Caucasus regions and, particularly, Armenia-Turkey
normalization process.
Answering the question on Secretary Clinton's trip, Toner said:
"Obviously, it was very successful. She did do a broad tour, beginning,
I believe, in Kyiv, traveling to Krakow where she participated in the
Alliance for Democracies, and then went to Armenia and Azerbaijan,
and then to Georgia before she returned home yesterday." Secretary
Clinton had good discussions on regional bilateral issues, he added.
To the question if she discussed the Armenian-Turkish relations in
Azerbaijan, "because Baku authorities have some reservations regarding
the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement", Toner said, "Certainly our policy
hasn't shifted. We support rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia.
We also obviously support a settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The two
obviously aren't mutually exclusive, but are mutually supportive."
"There seems to be an impression in Azerbaijan that the U.S. hasn't
really done as much as it could over Nagorno-Karabakh. Now that the
Secretary has been to that region - it came up as an issue - will
the State Department now be taking any new actions, putting it on
the front burner? Do you accept that characterization?" reporter asked.
Toner said, he doesn't accept that. "I think we've continued to
meet through the Minsk process and - or the Minsk Group, rather,
continually to work on these issues. Obviously, they're difficult
issues and that requires a great deal of time. But our Ambassador
Robert Bradtke is hard at work on these issues and that's just
reinforced by the Secretary's visit to the region."
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
July 7 2010
Armenia
The US State Department hosted a briefing Tuesday, when reporters
inquired from Mark C. Toner, Acting Deputy Department Spokesman,
on the results of Hillary Clinton's visit to the Central Europe
and the South Caucasus regions and, particularly, Armenia-Turkey
normalization process.
Answering the question on Secretary Clinton's trip, Toner said:
"Obviously, it was very successful. She did do a broad tour, beginning,
I believe, in Kyiv, traveling to Krakow where she participated in the
Alliance for Democracies, and then went to Armenia and Azerbaijan,
and then to Georgia before she returned home yesterday." Secretary
Clinton had good discussions on regional bilateral issues, he added.
To the question if she discussed the Armenian-Turkish relations in
Azerbaijan, "because Baku authorities have some reservations regarding
the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement", Toner said, "Certainly our policy
hasn't shifted. We support rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia.
We also obviously support a settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The two
obviously aren't mutually exclusive, but are mutually supportive."
"There seems to be an impression in Azerbaijan that the U.S. hasn't
really done as much as it could over Nagorno-Karabakh. Now that the
Secretary has been to that region - it came up as an issue - will
the State Department now be taking any new actions, putting it on
the front burner? Do you accept that characterization?" reporter asked.
Toner said, he doesn't accept that. "I think we've continued to
meet through the Minsk process and - or the Minsk Group, rather,
continually to work on these issues. Obviously, they're difficult
issues and that requires a great deal of time. But our Ambassador
Robert Bradtke is hard at work on these issues and that's just
reinforced by the Secretary's visit to the region."
From: A. Papazian