U.S. not surprised by Armenia's decision to suspend normalization with Turkey

The U.S. is not surprised by Armenia's decision to suspend ratification of the Turkish-Armenian protocols on normalization of relations, U.S. State Department Spokesman Philip Crowley said at press briefing.

"President Serzh Sargsyan's announcement makes clear that Armenia has not ended the process but has suspended it until the Turkish side is ready to move forward. We applaud President Sargsyan's decision to continue to work towards a vision of peace, stability, and reconciliation," Crowley said.

He said the U.S. conducted intensive meetings with the representatives of Armenia and Turkey in Washigton.

"We have had ongoing contacts with Azerbaijan as well. We understand that there's - we had - that both sides had reached a - I won't say impasse, but kind of reached a hurdle in the process regarding the ratification of the protocols," Crowley said.


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