Obama urges Turkish, Armenian reconciliation
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US President Barack Obama urged the foreign ministers of Turkey and Armenia during a meeting on Monday to complete talks aimed at restoring ties between the two neighbours, a senior US official told reporters in Istanbul Monday.
"On the margins of tonight's Alliance of Civilizations dinner, the president met the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland to commend their efforts toward Turkish-Armenian normalisation and to urge them to complete an agreement with dispatch," he said. (Reuters)