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    OBAMA, ERDOGAN DISCUSS ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT

    news.az
    April 15 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Barack Obama US President Barack Obama met Turkish Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 13 April in Washington.

    The meeting lasted for 45 minutes with the sides discussing
    Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, the Karabakh problem and the Iranian
    nuclear issue.

    According to diplomatic sources, Barack Obama promised Erdogan to
    spare no effort for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, Turkish
    newspaper Hurriyet reports.

    'I will do everything possible to settle the Karabakh conflict,'
    Hurriyet reported Obama as saying.

    Karabakh was not mentioned, however, in the White House report of
    the meeting.

    'President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan met
    yesterday during the Nuclear Security Summit and affirmed the
    strategic partnership between their countries,' the White House report
    said. 'The leaders discussed their joint interest in achieving the
    nonproliferation goals of the summit and in ensuring that Iran does
    not pose a nuclear threat to the world.'

    'The president relayed his continuing support and appreciation for
    Prime Minister Erdogan's efforts on normalization of relations with
    Armenia, and encouraged him to continue forward toward ratification
    of the protocols for the benefit of future generations,' the White
    House report concluded.

    Hurriyet reported that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and
    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu agreed at their two meetings
    to cooperate on the resolution of problems in the Caucasus.

    The sides also agreed to coordinate a roadmap to normalize
    Armenian-Turkish relations which would include the resolution of
    the Karabakh conflict, the withdrawal of the occupying troops from
    Azerbaijani land and the opening of borders, diplomatic sources said,
    according to Hurriyet.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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