Giving an interview to Armenian press, Ukrainian Ambassador to Armenia Alexander Bozhko stated that Ukrain supports the process ofnormalizationbetween Turkey and Armenia. Answering the question about the position of Ukrain on the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia he said,
“Ukraine's official position was voiced by the Head of the Press Service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately after the Armenian, Turkish and Swiss Foreign Offices issued a joint statement on April 22, 2009.
Specifically, the document says that the sides “have been working intensively with a view to normalizing their bilateral relations and developing them in a spirit of good-neighborliness, and mutual respect, and thus to promoting peace, security and stability in the whole region.”
The Ukrainian Foreign Office also expressed hope that the practical steps to implement the statement will be crowned with success for peace and prosperity of both nations and of the entire region.
On my part I would like to add that historic processes are going on in the South Caucasus now. The normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are of paramount importance not only for political stability in the region, but also for the two economies. So we are sincerely interested in progress in both the negotiating processes, as well as in further prosperity of friendly Armenia.“
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