December 12, 2009 - 12:30 AMT
U.S. eyes Karabakh settlement and Armenian-Turkish reconciliation as two different processes
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a phone conversation on December 10 night on the initiative of Mrs. Clinton. The talk focused on the recent Obama-Erdogan meeting, normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

"The United States will be consistent in furthering normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions," Secretary Clinton said.

She also emphasized that the U.S. eyes Karabakh settlement and Armenian-Turkish reconciliation as two different processes.