armenpress: FRANK PALLONE URGES US TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN PRESSING TURKEY TO OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA

WASHINGTON, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS: Ahead of Thursday Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul’s visit to the United States for meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Powell, Frank Pallone, a co-chairman of a US Congressional Armenian caucus, urged July 21 the US administration to intensify pressure on the government of Turkey for lifting its blockade of Armenia.
Pallone said that the 11 year-long crippling blockade against Armenia “clearly runs afoul of U.S. and international law…