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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT URGES TURKEY TO OPEN BORDER
Interfax
Dec 3 2012
Russia
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan believes the Armenian-Turkish border
should be opened without any preconditions on Turkey's part.
"We cannot but be worried by the fact that Turkey, which is aspiring
for European Union membership, is continuing to unlawfully blockade
Armenia. I am sure that the last closed European border should be
opened immediately and without preconditions," Sargsyan said at a
news briefing following the European People's Party's 2nd Eastern
Partnership summit on Friday.
Apart from Sargsyan, taking part in the summit were also European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European People's Party
President Wilfried Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat.
The participants in the summit passed the Yerevan declaration, which
outlines a common vision of the EU's Eastern Partnership program and
also touches upon regional issues, Sargsyan said.
"The Eastern Partnership program has been established based on
common values. We are sure that the program's mission will be fully
implemented when all countries become equally committed to European
values. As the family of Christian-Democratic parties, the European
People's Party cannot consider acceptable the violation of democratic
freedoms, xenophobia, militant rhetoric, and the threat of the use
of force," he said.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said European integration is
a priority for Tbilisi. "This process should become irreversible at
the Eastern partnership summit in Vilnius in 2013. Our prospect is
European future. This is not only my dream or my party's dream but
also a dream of our people," Saakashvili said.
Turkey closed the border with Armenia in 1993 soon after the start
of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh as a sign of solidarity with
Azerbaijan.
Interfax
Dec 3 2012
Russia
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan believes the Armenian-Turkish border
should be opened without any preconditions on Turkey's part.
"We cannot but be worried by the fact that Turkey, which is aspiring
for European Union membership, is continuing to unlawfully blockade
Armenia. I am sure that the last closed European border should be
opened immediately and without preconditions," Sargsyan said at a
news briefing following the European People's Party's 2nd Eastern
Partnership summit on Friday.
Apart from Sargsyan, taking part in the summit were also European
Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European People's Party
President Wilfried Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat.
The participants in the summit passed the Yerevan declaration, which
outlines a common vision of the EU's Eastern Partnership program and
also touches upon regional issues, Sargsyan said.
"The Eastern Partnership program has been established based on
common values. We are sure that the program's mission will be fully
implemented when all countries become equally committed to European
values. As the family of Christian-Democratic parties, the European
People's Party cannot consider acceptable the violation of democratic
freedoms, xenophobia, militant rhetoric, and the threat of the use
of force," he said.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said European integration is
a priority for Tbilisi. "This process should become irreversible at
the Eastern partnership summit in Vilnius in 2013. Our prospect is
European future. This is not only my dream or my party's dream but
also a dream of our people," Saakashvili said.
Turkey closed the border with Armenia in 1993 soon after the start
of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh as a sign of solidarity with
Azerbaijan.