16:46 . 23/05
The US is still greatly hopeful that the normalization process of the Armenian-Turkish relations would resume, and official Washington is continuing its work with Turkey to that end, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told Radio Station Liberty today.
Asked if there is any perspective for the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations Ambassador Heffern said: “We have great hopes that the normalization process of the Armenian-Turkish relations would resume and it would not be linked to any other issue. We continue working with Turkey and are pushing it toward taking the right steps”.
Touching upon the question what steps Washington is taking for the normalization of the relations, Heffern said: “We meet with Armenian and Turkish leaders frequently and continue pushing them toward normalizing bilateral relations. We are also very satisfied that Armenia’s president displayed a will for pushing the [Armenian-Turkish] protocols forward and he did not recall them from the National Assembly. We hope Turkey will take the right step.”
