State Department official voices support for Turkey's proposed historical commission

As Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported, Gordon, during testimony earlier today before the Europe Subcommittee of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, fielded a question from the panel's Chairman, Robert Wexler (D-FL) about how the Department of State intends to "navigate the course of the engagement between Turkey and Armenia so that Azerbaijan comes out a winner." In his response to this inquiry by the Turkish Caucus Co-Chairman, Gordon voiced support for the Armenia-Turkey "roadmap," a document publicly welcomed by the State Department on April 22nd, noting, in particular, a highly controversial, much discussed, but never before officially disclosed element of this
agreement stipulating the establishment of a commission to examine historical issues between the two nation. His comments read, in part:

"You have two parallel but separate tracks [Armenia-Turkey dialogue and the Nagorno Karabagh peace process] going on, a Turkey and Armenia normalization reconciliation process that we do think is
quite potentially historic, where the two countries have agreed on a framework for normalizing their relations that would include opening the border, which has been closed for far to long, which would establish diplomatic relations and would provide commissions in key areas including history, and we encourage that process and we support it."

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