FRANCIS RICCIARDONE APPOINTED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY
news.am
Aug 4 2010
Armenia
The U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee confirmed the nomination
of Francis J. Ricciardone to the position of U.S. Ambassador to Ankara.
As NEWS.am reported previously, heated discussions were held during
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing of Ambassador-Designate
Francis Ricciardone on July 23.
“Facilitating regional integration is a high priority for the United
States. Rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia will foster increased
stability and prosperity in the entire Caucasus region. As President
Obama noted in his Armenian Remembrance Day statement of April 24th,
‘Together, the Turkish and Armenian people will be stronger as they
acknowledge their common history and recognize their common humanity.”
We commended the governments of Turkey and Armenia on their signing
of the historic protocols on normalization of relations on October
10, 2009 in Zurich. The United States will continue to urge Turkey
to ratify the protocols,” Ricciardone said.
From: A. Papazian
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