As partner for Armenia and Turkey, USA calls on two sides to normalize relations

July 9, 2007 - 15:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - "Armenia and Turkey has a long and reach history. Yerevan and Ankara are to decide the future between the two nations," OSCE American Co-Chair, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza stated in an interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net But as partner for Armenia and Turkey, the United States calls on the two sides to normalize relations, Bryza stressed.



At the same time the American diplomat underscored that the USA is not going to participate in the construction of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway.



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