OPENING OF BORDER IS MORE BENEFICIAL FOR TURKEY WHICH STRIVES FOR JOINING EU, ARSEN GHAZARIAN THINKS
Noyan Tapan
Jan 17 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. "Opening of the border with Turkey
commemorates start of normal relations between Armenia and Turkey. The
most important thing is establishment of stable political relations
with the neighboring country what will assist strengthening of both
our security and security and stability of the whole region." Arsen
Ghazarian, the Co-Chairman of the Armenian-Turkish Council on
Development of Business Undertakings, stated about it in the interview
to the Noyan Tapan correspondent. In his words, it is more beneficial
for Turkey as it strives for entering the European Union.
In his words, opening of the border will assist development of a
number of spheres of the economy of Armenia and Turkey, increase of
goods circulation between the two countries as well as development of
the regional cooperation what is today paid much attention. "We must
leave for the further generations a developing economy and normal
relations with the neighbors," A.Ghazarian stated.
He reminded that the border was one-sided closed in 1993 by Turkey as
a mark of solidarity with Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue and became,
in the essence, an economic sanction against Armenia.