Turkey And Armenia: Normalization Of Relations

TURKEY AND ARMENIA: NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
Robert Wood

Acting Department Spokesman, Office of the Spokesman
April 22, 2009
Washington, DC

The United States welcomes the statement made by Armenia and Turkey
on normalization of their bilateral relations. It has long been
and remains the position of the United States that normalization
should take place without preconditions and within a reasonable
timeframe. We urge Armenia and Turkey to proceed according to the
agreed framework and roadmap. We look forward to working with both
governments in support of normalization, and thus promote peace,
security and stability in the whole region.