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Panorama, Armenia
June 26 2010
Clinton intends to prod Azerbaijan and Armenia to make progress on
Nagorno-Karabakh: Crowley
The State Department said Friday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
will visit Poland, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in a trip
starting next week and spanning six days. She will try to ease
lingering political conflicts in the Caucasus region, Voice of America
writes.
Officials here are cautioning against expectations of any major U.S.
diplomatic initiatives on what will be Clinton's first trip to the
Caucasus region as secretary. But they say she intends to try to build
on ongoing U.S. efforts to ease regional problems including the
Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, and the troubled
aftermath of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Clinton intends to try to
prod Azerbaijan and Armenia to make progress on Nagorno-Karabakh and
to advance the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and
Turkey.
Turkey is not on the secretary's itinerary but a senior official here
said it is not a snub and that Clinton, who visited Ankara last year,
has a limited "window" and packed agenda for upcoming trip.
From: A. Papazian
June 26 2010
Clinton intends to prod Azerbaijan and Armenia to make progress on
Nagorno-Karabakh: Crowley
The State Department said Friday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
will visit Poland, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in a trip
starting next week and spanning six days. She will try to ease
lingering political conflicts in the Caucasus region, Voice of America
writes.
Officials here are cautioning against expectations of any major U.S.
diplomatic initiatives on what will be Clinton's first trip to the
Caucasus region as secretary. But they say she intends to try to build
on ongoing U.S. efforts to ease regional problems including the
Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, and the troubled
aftermath of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Clinton intends to try to
prod Azerbaijan and Armenia to make progress on Nagorno-Karabakh and
to advance the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and
Turkey.
Turkey is not on the secretary's itinerary but a senior official here
said it is not a snub and that Clinton, who visited Ankara last year,
has a limited "window" and packed agenda for upcoming trip.
From: A. Papazian