YEREVAN. – The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Armenia on Monday ended with a joint press conference with the Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian.

In his speech Nalbandian stressed the U.S. and world community fully supports Armenia’s approaches in two directions, including Nagorno-Karabakh peace process talks and normalization process of the Armenian-Turkish relations.

Regarding the contact line incidents, Clinton expressed her regret and concern on Azerbaijani repeated diversions on that day. In this context, the U.S. Secretary of State re-confirmed that Karabakh conflict settlement will require no use of force. Moreover, she stated once again that the conflict settlement lies within the three principles, including non-use of force or its threat, territorial integrity and people’s right to self-determination, and prioritizing or lacking any of these approaches separately is unacceptable.

Another important message referred to normalization process of the Armenian-Turkish relations. Clinton confirmed in her speech that the United States support the normalization process without any pre-conditions. Moreover, she stated that the Karabakh peace process and the ratification of protocols [to normalize bilateral relations] with Turkey are two separate processes.

The United States,  through is high ranking official, claimed once again its support to Armenia’s approaches regarding  regional problems, which can be considered as diplomatic armament of Armenia by the United States.

By Vardan Gasparyan
Photo by Sona Barseghyan