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Nothing stops Turkey from opening border, says Armenian president
26.02.2010 12:56
Yerevan (Yerkir) - President Serzh Sargsyan did not have a meeting
with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev, the
presidential press service has said.
Both the Armenian President and Turkish FM attended the inauguration
ceremony of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev. At the
reception, the Ahmet Davutoglu approached the Armenian President and
exchanged views with him.
Sargsyan stressed that progress requires political will, and Armenia
believes that Armenia-Turkey relations' normalization has to follow
to its logical end within the shortest period of time. Otherwise,
Armenia will withdraw its signature from the Protocols. The Armenian
President restated that involvement of Turkey in Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process is impossible, as it rendering unilateral military
assistance to one of the conflicting parties - Azerbaijan, making
regular biased statements on the settlement process.
`A country dreaming of a region without borders must be the first to
make moves and end the blockade of Armenia, which will enable opening
of communication in the region. If Azerbaijan's pressure prevents
Turkish Parliament from ratifying the Protocols, nothing prevents the
Turkish Executive - even before the ratification - from reopening the
mutual border closed by itself,' the Armenian leader said.
26.02.2010 12:56
Yerevan (Yerkir) - President Serzh Sargsyan did not have a meeting
with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev, the
presidential press service has said.
Both the Armenian President and Turkish FM attended the inauguration
ceremony of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev. At the
reception, the Ahmet Davutoglu approached the Armenian President and
exchanged views with him.
Sargsyan stressed that progress requires political will, and Armenia
believes that Armenia-Turkey relations' normalization has to follow
to its logical end within the shortest period of time. Otherwise,
Armenia will withdraw its signature from the Protocols. The Armenian
President restated that involvement of Turkey in Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process is impossible, as it rendering unilateral military
assistance to one of the conflicting parties - Azerbaijan, making
regular biased statements on the settlement process.
`A country dreaming of a region without borders must be the first to
make moves and end the blockade of Armenia, which will enable opening
of communication in the region. If Azerbaijan's pressure prevents
Turkish Parliament from ratifying the Protocols, nothing prevents the
Turkish Executive - even before the ratification - from reopening the
mutual border closed by itself,' the Armenian leader said.