Talked to Obama
During his visit to Los Angeles, the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama under the initiative of the US President.
The US President said that he supports Armenia's efforts aimed at normalizing Turkish-Armenian relations and reaffirmed the US official position according to which the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations must proceed without any preconditions and must not be connected to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
President Sargsyan expressed gratitude to the US President for the support and shared his impressions of the pan-Armenian tour. President Sargsyan underscored that it is obvious that the Diaspora Armenians have concerns over the process, taking into account that the Armenians were subjected to Genocide by Ottoman Turkey. the concerns of the Diaspora Armenians are
Serzh Sargsyan thanked President Obama for US intermediation in the OSCE Minsk Group and emphasized Armenia's willingness to progress toward the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict the pivot of which must be the final decision of Nagorno-Karabakh's legal status by expression of free will, which is the basis of the Madrid Principles presented by the Minsk Group.
