Focus News, Bulgaria
Jan 13 2007
Armenia Calls for Establishing Diplomatic Relations with Turkey
13 January 2007 | 21:58 | FOCUS News Agency
Yerevan. Armenia called for establishing diplomatic relations with
Turkey without any preconditions, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister
Arman Kirakosyan said, the Liberty Radio reported. The Armenian
diplomat spoke at an international conference devoted to the economic
and social consequences from opening the Armenian-Turkish border.
Kirakosyan added that since 1993, when Turkey closed its border with
Armenia, the trade between the two countries had been realized via
the territory of third countries and via air service.
`Armenia welcomes any initiatives for opening the Armenian-Turkish
border. At present the relations between Armenia and Turkey are
realized at the level of public organizations, not at a governmental
level’, Kirakosyan stressed.