Saturday, June 11, 2005

Armenia wants US help with Turkey border dispute

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jun. 11, 2005 1:03

WASHINGTON
Armenia's foreign minister urged the United States to become more involved in settling his country's dispute with Turkey, especially in persuading Turkey to reopen its border and resume normal trade with its landlocked northern neighbor.
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"The United States is active in this, but we would like to see them more engaged," Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said Friday after a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Concentrating on the border issue apart from the acceptance of the Armenian genocide by Turkey.
"I believe the United States can be more assertive on the border matter. Not other matters, but on the border."
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