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    SARGSYAN AND OBAMA DISCUSS NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS AND ARTSAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

    NOYAN TAPAN
    APRIL 15, 2010
    WASHINGTON


    WASHINGTON, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The presidents of Armenia and the
    United States had a 45-minute meeting late Monday. The two presidents
    made no statements following the talks. According to Radio Liberty,
    however, prior to the meeting, a White House official, whose name
    was not given, told reporters: "President Obama hopes that thanks
    to the process launched in 2009, it will become possible to improve
    Armenia-Turkey relations and address long-time disagreements between
    them".

    Monday was an eventful day for the Armenian delegation in Washington.

    In the morning Serzh Sargsyan met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep
    Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting lasted about an hour and a half. No
    statements were made after the meeting, and the two sides did not
    answer questions of the reporters.

    The Turkish sources reported only that the main subject of discussion
    was the letter which Erdogan sent to Sargsyan the previous week. Zaman
    said that "the sides discussed in detail the letter". Another Turkish
    source - NTV Television Company reported, referring to members of the
    Turkish delegation that soon the foreign ministers of the two countries
    would focus their attention on the protocols' ratification process.

    After the Armenian-Turkish talks, Serzh Sargsyan went to the Washington
    National Cathedral where he laid flowers at the tomb of the 28th
    U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. In the cathedral, S. Sargsyan addressed
    members of the Armenian community in the United States: "Our position
    was and remains definite. Turkey cannot use a language of preconditions
    with respect of the people of Armenia. We simply will not allow that".

    "We are not going to make the fact of the Genocide the subject of an
    examination in any format or to pretend to believe that Turkey can
    have any positive role in the Karabakh negotiating process," S.

    Sargsyan said, adding: "Any new foreign political line is subject
    to changes because we are proceeding along an untrodden path. I am
    convinced Armenia will pass this test with dignity".

    At the very moment when President Sargsyan was delivering this speech,
    Erdogan was making opening remarks at the George Mason University's
    new Center for Global Islamic Studies.

    The official Turkish Anatolia news agency said that commenting
    on the latest Armenian Genocide resolution passed by the Foreign
    Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Erdogan stated:
    "History does not get written in parliaments and it cannot become a
    subject of condemnation by a parliament. We opened all our archives
    and we suggested the formation of a historical commission, but we
    did not receive a response. Decisions adopted by parliaments will
    not benefit Armenia".
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