From: Sebouh Z Tashjian <[email protected]>
Subject: Turkish Preconditions
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TURKISH PRECONDITIONS
[02:05 pm] 29 January, 2007
«We do not want the border with Armenia to be opened»,
announced head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
of Igdir Kemal Arslan. According to him, the
businessmen of Igdir are against the opening of the
border as «Armenia has occupied 20% of the territory
of Azerbaijan».
According to the Turkish official, as a precondition
for the opening of the border «Armenia must give back
the occupied territories to Azerbaijan, recognize the
borders of Turkey and refrain from the recognition of
the Armenian Genocide», Azeri agency «Trend» reports.