Nov. 13, 2009 Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department for Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon paid an official visit to Turkey. Armenia-Turkey reconciliation and possible cooperation under the conditions of recent regional processes are on agenda, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reports.

According to TRT channel, Gordon already made a statement on change of Turkish foreign policy track. “We are confident that Turkey will remain our close partner for U.S., as well as West and Europe.”

Gordon also touched upon Iranian nuke program in his speech. “This process cannot take forever. If Iran does not sound serious alerts by this year end, we will be forced to take new measures,” Gordon outlined.

In the meantime, according to some Turkish mass media, American diplomat had a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. In the course of meeting the officials discussed NKR conflict resolution. According to Hurriyet Daily diplomatic sources, this visit is preparatory in advance of the December visit by Turkish Premier Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the U.S. to meet with Barack Obama.