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The United States is for the reconciliation of Armenia and Turkey and in this regard, it supports Armenia’s initiative and official invitation to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Armenia on April 24, 2015 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide victims, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told Armenpress.

Mr Heffern noted: “The U.S. strongly supports reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Turkey. In that regard, we welcome all steps taken by Armenia and Turkey to come to a full, frank and just acknowledgement of the facts.”

France also welcomed this step of Armenia. French Ambassador to Armenia Henry Reynaud told Armenpress that France welcomes any initiative that will contribute to the reconciliation and dialogue between Armenia and Turkey for the normalization of relations between the two countries.