YEREVAN. - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes that twenty years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the United States provide an opportunity to stop for a while, turn around, asses the distance which was passed and finally outline the future moves.

During her working visit to Armenia, Clinton held a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan on Monday
 
According to her, U.S. is interested in securing good relations between Armenia and its neighbors and Washington is working in this direction. In particular, Clinton stressed that Washington called for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions.

Talking about the Monday meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Hillary Clinton said the sides discussed a wide range of issues, in particular, the Armenian-American bilateral relations, regional issues, Armenia’s peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, country’s relations with its neighbors as well as regional security.