WASHINGTON, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The U.S. State Department welcomed Armenia's and Turkey's joint statement on coming to an agreement over an all-embracing range of normalizing the bilateral relations. According to Radio Liberty, State Department Spokesperson Robert Wood in his interview to the Francepress agency meanwhile said that the U.S. for a long time and currently holds the position that normalization should be without preconditions and in reasonable terms. "We expect to work with the two governments in support of the normalization and thus to promote peace, security, and stability in the whole region," the State Department Spokesperson stated.

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