Turkey’s foreign minister on Friday demanded a clear stance from the United States on the Turkish-Armenian normalization process after a congressional panel approved an Armenian “genocide” resolution.
“We don’t want to go through this crisis every spring,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said in a press conference Friday. “That is why we introduced the normalization of […]
Days before the March 4 vote in the U.S. House foreign affairs committee regarding a resolution on Armenian allegations related to the incidents of 1915, U.S. officials said Obama administration would continue to encourage Turkey and Armenia to move forward, not look backward.
At a daily press briefing on Tuesday, spokesman for the U.S. Department of […]
“Statements by the Armenian lobby and plans of the Committee on Foreign Relations of U.S. House of Representatives are not surprising. Even if the protocols are ratified by the parliaments of Turkey and Armenia, the Armenian lobby will still be forcing some members of Congress to put some sort of resolution to a vote in […]
A senior U.S. official called on Turkey and Armenia to ratify protocols signed last year to normalize relations.
Philip Gordon, 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 protocols signed last October on establishing diplomatic relations.
“We believe this is […]
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian called his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoğlu, on Wednesday to express concern and seek clarification over that statement. But the exchange of words between them apparently has not solved the problems as the Turkish Foreign Ministry is now working to write a text proving its concerns based on the Armenian court’s decision. […]