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US administration and Azeri and Turkish lobbyists have high hopes Erdoganâ€™s visit to Washington

05 December 2009 12:37 (UTC +04:00)

US Congress Turkish Caucus believes that Turkish â€“Armenia normalization will positively influence on Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and peace in the region on the whole, APAâ€™s Washington correspondent was told at the US Congress Turkish Caucus.

On December 4th, members of Caucus, including head of the group Congressman Robert Wexler, republicans Congressmen Kay Granger and Ed Whitfield released a statement determent to the upcoming visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to Washington DC.

Congressmen expressed that they are looking forward to US-Turkish top level negotiationsâ€™ next round. Congressâ€™s Turkish Caucus especially stressed Ankaraâ€™s leading role in the regions of Middle East and Caucasus.

â€œWe are supporting Ankaraâ€™s historic efforts in the normalization with Armenia and also in the negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armeniaâ€ - APAâ€™s Washington correspondent was told at the Caucus.

Congressmen also believe that Erdoganâ€™s visit will improve US-Turkish strategic relations: â€œCurrently there is a big opportunity for strengthening mutual economy, politics and security relationsâ€.

â€œDuring the recent years Turkeyâ€™s role for US has increased and one of the great examples of it is that the number of US Congress Turkish Caucus reached one hundredâ€ â€“ says the statement.
Today US Secretary of State Clinton said that Washington DC is â€œvery much looking forward to Prime Minister Erdoganâ€™s visit on Mondayâ€. Clinton noted that US is â€œgrateful for the cooperation and their partnership on many important mattersâ€.
In their turn, representatives of Azerbaijani Diaspora in US say they are waiting with impenitence for Prime-Minister Erdoganâ€™s visit to US: â€œWe have a lot of thoughts, ideas and concerns which we would like to forward straight to top US administration, and we hope it will be possible with Mr. Erdoganâ€™s helpâ€, - says Farrukh Guliyev, member of Azerbaijani Diaspora.