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    US CONGRESSMEN URGE GUL, SARKSYAN TO CONTINUE PEACE EFFORTS

    Today's Zaman
    April 1 2009
    Turkey

    A group of US lawmakers have sent letters to the Turkish and Armenian
    presidents, voicing support for their efforts to normalize relations
    between the two countries.

    "It is essential that the building blocks of trust and cooperation
    are established between Armenia and Turkey to heal open wounds, mend
    broken hearts and create a better future for both nations and peoples,"
    they wrote to President Abdullah Gul and his Armenian counterpart,
    Serzh Sarksyan.

    Speaking to reporters on Monday on behalf of the group of lawmakers,
    Robert Wexler, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
    and chairman of the Turkish Caucus in the US Congress, said efforts
    to improve the cooperation and diplomatic relations between Turkey
    and Armenia were in the interest of both countries as well as the
    United States.

    The all-Democrat group also included Ike Skelton, the chairman of
    the House Armed Services Committee, and Reps. John Murtha, who has
    close ties with the Pentagon, and Alcee Hastings, co-chairman of the
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

    "As members of Congress who agree that lasting Armenian-Turkish
    rapprochement should be a top priority for the United States,
    please know we are ready to assist your nations' efforts to normalize
    relations and build a better future for generations of Armenians and
    Turks," they wrote.

    Another group of lawmakers recently introduced a resolution urging the
    US administration to recognize the Armenian claims of genocide at the
    hands of the Ottoman Empire. If passed, critics say the resolution
    would be a blow both to Turkish-US ties and efforts to normalize
    relations between Turkey and Armenia.
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