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TURKEY DENIES CLAIMS IT WILL OPEN ARMENIA BORDER GATE
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
July 4, 2014 Friday
Claims that Alican Border Gate between Turkey and Armenia will be
opened "do not reflect the truth" says Turkey's Foreign Ministry
ANKARA
Turkey has denied claims that the border gate between Armenia and
Turkey will be opened.
The denial came after a Turkish newspaper published a claim that
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had issued an order that
the Alican Border Gate, which has been closed since 1993 after Armenia
invaded Azerbaijani soil, be opened.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a written
statement on Friday: "The claims that the Alican Border Gate located
between Turkey and Armenia will be opened do not reflect the truth."
Bilgic said the opening of the gate would be considered by Turkey only
if the relations in Southern Caucasus started a normalization process.
"Armenia needs to show its will to begin normalizing its relations
with Azerbaijan and take the necessary steps accordingly," said Bilgic.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994.
Efforts to resolve to the dispute have so far failed and there have
been several border clashes since a ceasefire was signed.
The two countries have no diplomatic relations.
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
July 4, 2014 Friday
Claims that Alican Border Gate between Turkey and Armenia will be
opened "do not reflect the truth" says Turkey's Foreign Ministry
ANKARA
Turkey has denied claims that the border gate between Armenia and
Turkey will be opened.
The denial came after a Turkish newspaper published a claim that
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had issued an order that
the Alican Border Gate, which has been closed since 1993 after Armenia
invaded Azerbaijani soil, be opened.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a written
statement on Friday: "The claims that the Alican Border Gate located
between Turkey and Armenia will be opened do not reflect the truth."
Bilgic said the opening of the gate would be considered by Turkey only
if the relations in Southern Caucasus started a normalization process.
"Armenia needs to show its will to begin normalizing its relations
with Azerbaijan and take the necessary steps accordingly," said Bilgic.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994.
Efforts to resolve to the dispute have so far failed and there have
been several border clashes since a ceasefire was signed.
The two countries have no diplomatic relations.