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    ARGUMENTS THAT ARMENIA WOULD BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM REOPENING OF BORDER WITH TURKEY EXAGGERATED: EXPERT

    / ARKA /
    October 27, 2009
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, October 27, /ARKA/. Richard Giragossian an American-Armenian
    analyst specializing in international relations, with a focus on
    economics, military security and political developments in the former
    Soviet Union, the Middle East and Asia, said today arguments that
    Armenia would significantly benefit from the reopening of its border
    with Turkey are 'somewhat exaggerated.'

    Richard Giragossian, who serves as director of the Yerevan-based
    Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS),
    downplayed expectations that Armenian economy would get a strong once
    it gets an outlet to the Black Sea.

    The opening of the border would certainly 'breathe oxygen' into
    Armenian economy, but the positive aftereffects would not be as big
    as many experts and officials claim, he said, adding that the Turkish
    government would enforce a tough policy to limit Armenian exports.

    On October 10 Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers signed two
    protocols on establishment of diplomatic relations and development of
    bilateral relations, which yet need to be ratified by the parliaments
    of both countries.

    The two countries have no diplomatic ties, the border was closed in
    1993 by Turkey and there is a history of animosity that stems from
    the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.
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