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    PH. GORDON: ARMENIA, TURKEY SHOULD ESTABLISH NORMALIZED RELATIONS REGARDLESS OF OTHER ISSUES

    Panorama.am
    15:16 02/02/2010

    The US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip
    Gordon reaffirmed that the Armenian-Turkish protocols should be
    ratified and be implemented.

    "As we know, Armenia and Turkey signed last October protocols on
    establishing diplomatic relations. Both countries need to move
    forward in ratifying and implementing protocols. We believe this is
    an opportunity to overcome really historic differences between the
    two countries in a way that would benefit both," Gordon told a press
    conference in Washington.

    "To establish normalized relations between the two countries and open
    the border would contribute to peace and stability in the region,
    and we think that is true regardless of other issues - that it needs
    to move forward independently of other issues, simply because it is
    in the interest of the two countries," Gordon said.

    Note that Gordon's statement once again was a counterblow to Ankara's
    views stating Nagorno-Karabakh settlement to be a major precondition
    for the Armenian-Turkish normalization.
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