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    US STATE DEPARTMENT REAFFIRMS US SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT, NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

    Panorama
    July 7 2010
    Armenia

    The US State Department hosted a briefing Tuesday, when reporters
    inquired from Mark C. Toner, Acting Deputy Department Spokesman,
    on the results of Hillary Clinton's visit to the Central Europe
    and the South Caucasus regions and, particularly, Armenia-Turkey
    normalization process.

    Answering the question on Secretary Clinton's trip, Toner said:
    "Obviously, it was very successful. She did do a broad tour, beginning,
    I believe, in Kyiv, traveling to Krakow where she participated in the
    Alliance for Democracies, and then went to Armenia and Azerbaijan,
    and then to Georgia before she returned home yesterday." Secretary
    Clinton had good discussions on regional bilateral issues, he added.

    To the question if she discussed the Armenian-Turkish relations in
    Azerbaijan, "because Baku authorities have some reservations regarding
    the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement", Toner said, "Certainly our policy
    hasn't shifted. We support rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia.

    We also obviously support a settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The two
    obviously aren't mutually exclusive, but are mutually supportive."

    "There seems to be an impression in Azerbaijan that the U.S. hasn't
    really done as much as it could over Nagorno-Karabakh. Now that the
    Secretary has been to that region - it came up as an issue - will
    the State Department now be taking any new actions, putting it on
    the front burner? Do you accept that characterization?" reporter asked.

    Toner said, he doesn't accept that. "I think we've continued to
    meet through the Minsk process and - or the Minsk Group, rather,
    continually to work on these issues. Obviously, they're difficult
    issues and that requires a great deal of time. But our Ambassador
    Robert Bradtke is hard at work on these issues and that's just
    reinforced by the Secretary's visit to the region."




    From: A. Papazian
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