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U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY CLIMBS MT. ARARAT - "EVERYONE WANTS PEACE"
13:51, July 19, 2013
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Francis Ricciardone recently climbed to the
top of Mt. Ararat, telling reporters it was a dream he longed wished
to achieve.
It took Ricciardone three days to reach the 5,137 meter peak of Ararat.
Speaking about the recently launched Peace process between Kurds and
the Turkish state, Ricciardone told reporters:
"Mount Agri is a legend for us. We wanted to climb Mount Agri for a
long time, but we couldn't come. Thankfully, [the region] is calmer
and more secure now. Hopefully it will become calmer and a great
peace will come in the forthcoming days," Ricciardone said, adding
that the Kurdish "resolution process had been an important factor"
for taking the trip to the eastern province of Agri.
"The people [of the region] support peace. Everyone wants peace. They
are very hospitable. We climbed Mount Agri for the first time.
Tourists are coming with hopes related with the [resolution] process.
We have been together with tourists from Japan, Italy and Germany
at the mountain," Ricciardone also said, according to the AGRI -
Anadolu Agency.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/28229/us-ambassador-to-turkey-climbs-mt-ararat-%E2%80%93-everyone-wants-peace.html
From: Baghdasarian
13:51, July 19, 2013
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Francis Ricciardone recently climbed to the
top of Mt. Ararat, telling reporters it was a dream he longed wished
to achieve.
It took Ricciardone three days to reach the 5,137 meter peak of Ararat.
Speaking about the recently launched Peace process between Kurds and
the Turkish state, Ricciardone told reporters:
"Mount Agri is a legend for us. We wanted to climb Mount Agri for a
long time, but we couldn't come. Thankfully, [the region] is calmer
and more secure now. Hopefully it will become calmer and a great
peace will come in the forthcoming days," Ricciardone said, adding
that the Kurdish "resolution process had been an important factor"
for taking the trip to the eastern province of Agri.
"The people [of the region] support peace. Everyone wants peace. They
are very hospitable. We climbed Mount Agri for the first time.
Tourists are coming with hopes related with the [resolution] process.
We have been together with tourists from Japan, Italy and Germany
at the mountain," Ricciardone also said, according to the AGRI -
Anadolu Agency.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/28229/us-ambassador-to-turkey-climbs-mt-ararat-%E2%80%93-everyone-wants-peace.html
From: Baghdasarian