EU ENVOY URGES TURKEY TO OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA

Mediamax news agency, Yerevan,
27 Sep 06

Yerevan, 7 September: "The decision to keep the Turkish-Armenian border
closed has no justification," the EU envoy for the South Caucasus,
Peter Semneby, has said in an exclusive interview with Mediamax
news agency.

"I think that the issues with Turkish-Armenian relations should have
been settled a long time ago. We have told the Turkish authorities
that the decision to keep the Turkish-Armenian border closed has no
justification. At the same time, solution of the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict will most likely rapidly result in the opening of the border,"
Semneby said.