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SARKISIAN VOWS CLOSER TIES WITH U.S.
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 19 2011
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian (R) meets with U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State William Burns, 19Oct2011.19.10.2011
President Serzh Sarkisian reaffirmed his stated desire to bolster
Armenia's ties with the United States as he met with the visiting U.S.
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns late on Wednesday.
Burns arrived in Yerevan on the second leg of his tour of the three
South Caucasus states. He held talks with Sarkisian and Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian.
A statement by Sarkisian's press office said the Armenian leader told
Burns that "Armenia has always been ready to strengthen relations
with the United States." He said those relations are a "guarantee"
of the success of political and economic reforms in Armenia as well
as regional stability.
Sarkisian also praised the U.S. role in international efforts to end
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the main issues on the agenda
of Burns's talks in Baku and Yerevan.
According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the U.S. official told
Nalbandian that the Karabakh dispute can only be resolved peacefully.
Speaking after talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on
Tuesday, Burns likewise said that Washington believes that there can
be no "military solution" to the conflict. But he also stressed that
the Karabakh status quo cannot last much longer.
The Foreign Ministry said normalization of Armenia's relations with
Turkey was also on the agenda of Nalbandian's meeting with Burns. "The
U.S. deputy secretary of state said that the United States will
continue to support that process," it added without elaborating.
From: A. Papazian
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 19 2011
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian (R) meets with U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State William Burns, 19Oct2011.19.10.2011
President Serzh Sarkisian reaffirmed his stated desire to bolster
Armenia's ties with the United States as he met with the visiting U.S.
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns late on Wednesday.
Burns arrived in Yerevan on the second leg of his tour of the three
South Caucasus states. He held talks with Sarkisian and Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian.
A statement by Sarkisian's press office said the Armenian leader told
Burns that "Armenia has always been ready to strengthen relations
with the United States." He said those relations are a "guarantee"
of the success of political and economic reforms in Armenia as well
as regional stability.
Sarkisian also praised the U.S. role in international efforts to end
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the main issues on the agenda
of Burns's talks in Baku and Yerevan.
According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the U.S. official told
Nalbandian that the Karabakh dispute can only be resolved peacefully.
Speaking after talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on
Tuesday, Burns likewise said that Washington believes that there can
be no "military solution" to the conflict. But he also stressed that
the Karabakh status quo cannot last much longer.
The Foreign Ministry said normalization of Armenia's relations with
Turkey was also on the agenda of Nalbandian's meeting with Burns. "The
U.S. deputy secretary of state said that the United States will
continue to support that process," it added without elaborating.
From: A. Papazian