Referring to Turkish Ambassador to U.S. Namik Tan’s return to Washington, Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu declared it will be clear in the next few days. According to him, their concern is temporal, as the number of U.S. messages increases as they expected, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

Turkish FM called the last telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton useful and constrictive. “I had an opportunity to present recent developments in Turkey-Armenia, Azerbaijan-Armenia relations, as well as Turkey’s expectations and concerns in the course of conversation. Clinton made a point of Turkish Premier’s participation in Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. Turkey-U.S. strategic cooperation, as well as issues on lasting peace keeping in the Caucasus through Armenia-Turkey reconciliation were also in focus. I believe we can be more optimistic after the developments in last weeks. We will shortly step up efforts and make decisions in this direction. After re-consulting with Premier, we will announce our decision,” Davutoglu said.

Asked whether he will join Erdogan if the latter leaves for the U.S. and whether the meeting with Armenian Diaspora in Washington is scheduled, Davutoglu replied that he will accompany Erdogan, however the meeting with Diaspora representatives is not necessarily to be held within the frames of this visit.

Beyond Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, it is critical that Armenians and Turks could enter into dialogue anywhere. From this viewpoint, meeting with Armenian Diaspora is crucial. These are the principles to be discussed in the future," Davutoglu concluded.

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