US Secretary of State John Kerry has addressed the discussion of the State Department budget for 2014 at the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives, APA reports. John Kerry said that the United States plays a very important role in improving relations between the two allies – Turkey and Israel in vulnerable region of the world. He described Turkey as a country closely cooperating with the US in many spheres and noted that he has close working relationship with his counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu.
John Kerry said recently he has met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan several times: “Turkey promises to support the peace process in the Middle East. This country supports the Syrian issue and will host the meeting of the main Syrian groups in Turkey on Saturday. Turkey is holding discussions with us for assistance on the settlement of the two frozen conflicts – Nagorno Karabakh and Cyprus problems. I think Turkey will be a constructive player in these issues.”
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