ANKARA, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan, who had been recalled by Ankara after adoption of the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, left for Washignton on April 6. Prior to his departure Namik Tan told reporters that some messages were received from the U.S. and he was leaving to carry out his duties as ambassador, Turkish newspaper Sabah reported, adding the ambassador will prepare the Washington meetings of Turish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with U.S. President Barack Obama and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. "The Turkish prime minister will convey three messages to the Armenian president in the U.S. The first one is that the strong will of the heads of the two states is required to continue the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, the second message is that for ratification of the protocols, it is necessary to stop the Diaspora's actions, and the third one is that it is necessary to jointly discuss the process taking place within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group," the paper writes, noting that Erdogan will also make three proposals to Obama: to pressurize Armenia to accept the Madrid document, the U.S. should have a say in the Karabakh settlement and the Armenia-Turkey normalization, and Turkey will not betray Azerbaijan," Yerkir newspaper wrote. According to Yerkir, Erdogan's visit is the result of the March 28 phone conversation between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.

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