Washington welcomes Gul's visit to Armenia

The US welcomes President Abdullah Gul's decision to accept Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian's invitation to visit Yerevan to watch a match between the national football teams of the two countries, said Mark Toner, the US State Department's spokesman for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, yesterday. Stating that the US appreciates the courage of the two presidents taking steps to promote regional peace and prosperity, Toner expressed Washington's hope that the historic meeting would be a step towards normalizing Turkish-Armenian relations.