“Turkey-Armenia rapprochement is an important issue. It’s important for Turkey, it’s important for Armenia, it’s important for the region. The U.S. supports normalization of relations and the opening of the border, and our hope remains that there will be tangible progress soon,” said Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. She also answered a journalist’s question regarding the process of the recognition of the Armenian genocide in the United States. She said: “I would point you to President Obama’s April 24 statement on this issue. He was very clear about what his personal views are. He was also very clear about how he sees the process forward, and that right now there are important talks between Armenians and Turks and it is important that we support that process.”
