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    ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER NOT TO OPEN, TURKISH MP SAYS

    news.am
    Sept 1 2010
    Armenia

    "It requires peaceful intentions from Armenia to resolve the Karabakh
    conflict. This is the main condition for a settlement. Without this,
    all attempts by international organizations to achieve progress in
    resolving the Karabakh problem will be futile," member of the Grand
    National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament), Chairman of the Parliamentary
    Commission on Foreign Relations and member of the ruling Justice and
    Development Party Murat Mercan stated in an interview with Day.az
    agency.

    Referring to the Armenia-Turkey border opening, Mercan stressed
    Turkey's stance on the matter voiced by the president, prime minister,
    speaker of the parliament and foreign minister remains unchanged. "Our
    position is clear enough. Turkey is not going to consider border
    opening with Armenia until Karabakh conflict resolution sees progress
    and Azerbaijan's occupied lands are freed from occupation.

    Speculations on this subject appear in the Armenian press from time
    to time. Turkey has made no changes to this condition," he said.

    According to Mercan, the process of restoring the Armenian-Turkish
    relations, known as "football diplomacy", did not stay in the history.

    "Everything depends on Armenia's implementation of conditions set by
    Turkey. If these conditions are fulfilled, Turkey will take up the
    issue of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols once again.

    First and foremost, it concerns a condition of liberation of
    Azerbaijan's occupied territories," he noted.

    The MP said Turkey will go ahead with the initiative to conclude
    a security pact in the South Caucasus. "Turkey is interested in
    sustainable peace and confidence in the South Caucasus. The recent
    expansion of the Turkish-Russian relations creates a good platform
    to establish peace in the region. I am sure that Turkey will continue
    to pursue a policy in this direction," Mercan noted.




    From: A. Papazian
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