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PHILIP GORDON: THREATS TO TAKE OUT A CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT ARE UNACCEPTABLE
ARMENPRESS
APRIL 20, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS: Threats to take out a civilian aircraft
are unacceptable, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gorgon said at
a news conference in Washington, asked to comment on the statement
of Azerbaijan to shoot down the civilian airplanes in Stepanakert.
"We had heard such threats and, very quickly and clearly, made clear
our view that threats to take out a civilian aircraft there and in
any other context are unacceptable and really shouldn't be issued",
he said, noting that after the statements about the unacceptability
it became clear that Azerbaijan had no intention of doing so.
He also said very often when they meet with Turkish counterparts and
the Secretary meets with her Turkish counterpart, the question of
Turkey/Armenia comes up, because it is very important to them. "There
have been efforts over the past several years to improve that
relationship, which we've made clear we strongly support. Those
efforts have recently stalled, which we've made clear we regret
because we believe it's in the interest of both countries to continue
the normalization process, reestablish relations, and have friendly
relations and open trade from which both countries would benefit. So
we continue to strongly support direct dialogue between the two
countries and normalization of their relationship. And we bring it
up very frequently with our counterparts on both sides", he said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
APRIL 20, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS: Threats to take out a civilian aircraft
are unacceptable, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gorgon said at
a news conference in Washington, asked to comment on the statement
of Azerbaijan to shoot down the civilian airplanes in Stepanakert.
"We had heard such threats and, very quickly and clearly, made clear
our view that threats to take out a civilian aircraft there and in
any other context are unacceptable and really shouldn't be issued",
he said, noting that after the statements about the unacceptability
it became clear that Azerbaijan had no intention of doing so.
He also said very often when they meet with Turkish counterparts and
the Secretary meets with her Turkish counterpart, the question of
Turkey/Armenia comes up, because it is very important to them. "There
have been efforts over the past several years to improve that
relationship, which we've made clear we strongly support. Those
efforts have recently stalled, which we've made clear we regret
because we believe it's in the interest of both countries to continue
the normalization process, reestablish relations, and have friendly
relations and open trade from which both countries would benefit. So
we continue to strongly support direct dialogue between the two
countries and normalization of their relationship. And we bring it
up very frequently with our counterparts on both sides", he said.
From: A. Papazian