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«I and the rest of the Embassy Bern team are looking forward to your visit with great anticipation in what promises to be a landmark event in Armenian-Turkish relations with lasting benefits for Euro-Atlantic security», – reads the letter from US ambassador in Switzerland Donald Beyer to US State Secretary Hillary Clinton.
The letter was sent before the October 10, 2009 signing ceremony in Zurich to chart a path for normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia and was published by guardian.co.uk as a part of the documents released by Wikileaks.
«While Calmy-Rey has reasons to celebrate, her foreign policy activism is not universally appreciated across the domestic political spectrum in Switzerland. Swiss views are colored by Switzerland’s centuries-old tradition of neutrality. Issues that draw on the Swiss capacity for facilitation and mediation, such as Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, generally enjoy strong public support», – says Beyer in his letter.