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WASHINGTON (World Bulletin)–A senior U.S.
State Department official on Monday called on Turkey and Armenia
to ratify a pair protocols signed last October to normalize
relations and open borders, Worldbulettin.com reported.
Philip Gordon, the US Assistant Secretary of
State for European and Eurasian Affairs, told a press conference
that Turkey and Armenia need to move forward in ratifying and
implementing the two agreements. “We believe this is an
opportunity to overcome really historic differences between the
two countries in a way that would benefit both,” Gordon said.
“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,” he said.
Gordon said that U.S. government was in touch
with both governments and that Obama Administration has
encouraged them to move forward on the dramatic fence mending
deal. “Turkey-Armenia normalization is a good thing in and of
itself and it should move forward because of that,” he added.
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