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KAAN SOYAK: NO TALK ABOUT OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER YET
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2008 19:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Readiness to normalize relations with Armenia can
be described as a move toward the EU membership, chairman of the
Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council Kaan Soyak, said in a
conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
"One of EU conditions is normal relations with neighbors. Although we
don't think that Europe is ready to accept a 70-million Muslim country,
we continue reforms," he said, adding that normalization of relations
is as well important for Armenia, which participates in the ENP.
As to opening of the Armenian Turkish border, Mr Soyak said, "When
the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict broke out, some Armenian and
Turkish organizations requested Ankara to lift the blockade for a
humanitarian corridor. "There is no talk about it yet. But I believe
that it will happen sooner than we expect," he concluded.
The closed Armenian-Turkish border could be opened for humanitarian
aid purpose depending on the gestures from Armenian side and the
direction of the relations, Hurriyet daily reported earlier, citing
diplomatic sources.
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2008 19:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Readiness to normalize relations with Armenia can
be described as a move toward the EU membership, chairman of the
Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council Kaan Soyak, said in a
conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
"One of EU conditions is normal relations with neighbors. Although we
don't think that Europe is ready to accept a 70-million Muslim country,
we continue reforms," he said, adding that normalization of relations
is as well important for Armenia, which participates in the ENP.
As to opening of the Armenian Turkish border, Mr Soyak said, "When
the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict broke out, some Armenian and
Turkish organizations requested Ankara to lift the blockade for a
humanitarian corridor. "There is no talk about it yet. But I believe
that it will happen sooner than we expect," he concluded.
The closed Armenian-Turkish border could be opened for humanitarian
aid purpose depending on the gestures from Armenian side and the
direction of the relations, Hurriyet daily reported earlier, citing
diplomatic sources.