The United States said Monday that Turkey has been its good friend and ally and hopes to continue to work with Turkey despite the present problems.
"Turkey and the United States have been good friends and NATO allies for a long time," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said at a briefing.
Despite the problems that have occurred, "we believe it's important and believe we will continue to be able to work together as friends and allies," Casey said.
The United States has urged Turkey to show restraint and not engage in cross-border military action against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). However, The Turkish government has sought its parliament's authorization to do so.
Moreover, Turkey has been furious over a resolution by the House Foreign Affairs Committee branding the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1917 a "genocide."
Turkey has condemned the "genocide" bill and recalled its ambassador to Washington back to Turkey for consultation over the matter, a sign of exasperated US-Turkey tension over the issue.
Source:Xinhua
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