Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will leave for US today to attend an event organized on the occasion of the publication of the Top 100 Global Thinkers prepared by American Foreign Policy journal, reports Turkish daily Sabah.
According to the source, Davutoglu will meet US President Barak Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top officials. But prior to his visit Davutoglu has called Turkish Ambassador to US Namik Tan and instructed him to arrange as much meetings with US officials as possible.
Davutoglu's visit, according to Sabah, is aimed at repairing Turkey's image at the international level following the voting at the UN Security Council when Ankara voted against US-initiated sanctions against Iran.
Among other issues like Israel, Iran, Iraq, Afganistan, Cyprus, PKK and deployment of US anti-missile systems in Turkey, Davutoglu is also expected to raise issues related to rapprochement with Armenia.
Particularly, he will inform the US officials the following:
• Turkey does not want to confront the “Armenian Genocide” issue at the April 24 commemoration.
• Turkey is committed to the agreement reached over the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement
• Armenia, who has suspended the agreement, should ensure progress in the Nagorno Karabakh process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group
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