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US AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO TURKEY URGES FOR STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH ARMENIA
July 15, 2014 | 19:29
U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Turkey John Bass believes the instability
along Turkey's southernborder gives renewed urgency for Ankara to
build stronger relationships with other neighbors - Israel, Armenia,
and Cyprus.
Speaking during the hearings in Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Bass said one issue that confronts all democracies as they look to
the future is how they deal with the past.
"We continue to encourage Turkey and Armenia to move towards
normalization as a means of creating the peaceful, productive and
prosperous relationship that the people of both countries deserve,"
the diplomat said.
John Bass recalled that on this year's Remembrance Day, Prime
Minister Erdogan expressed his condolences to the grandchildren of
those Armenians killed during World War I.
"That gesture and other positiveefforts by the Turkish government in
recent months indicate that the space for dialogue is opening. But
more can be done, and we encourage both sides to pursue a full, frank,
and just acknowledgement of the facts surrounding the tragic events
of 1915," he emphasized.
http://news.am/eng/news/219245.html
From: Baghdasarian
July 15, 2014 | 19:29
U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Turkey John Bass believes the instability
along Turkey's southernborder gives renewed urgency for Ankara to
build stronger relationships with other neighbors - Israel, Armenia,
and Cyprus.
Speaking during the hearings in Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Bass said one issue that confronts all democracies as they look to
the future is how they deal with the past.
"We continue to encourage Turkey and Armenia to move towards
normalization as a means of creating the peaceful, productive and
prosperous relationship that the people of both countries deserve,"
the diplomat said.
John Bass recalled that on this year's Remembrance Day, Prime
Minister Erdogan expressed his condolences to the grandchildren of
those Armenians killed during World War I.
"That gesture and other positiveefforts by the Turkish government in
recent months indicate that the space for dialogue is opening. But
more can be done, and we encourage both sides to pursue a full, frank,
and just acknowledgement of the facts surrounding the tragic events
of 1915," he emphasized.
http://news.am/eng/news/219245.html
From: Baghdasarian