VARTAN OSKANIAN: REFUSAL TO PROVIDE VISAS TO TURKISH OBSERVERS WAS NATURAL

ArmRadio.am
09.05.2007 14:14

The refusal to provide visas to Turkish observers was natural, RA
Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told the journalists today.

The Foreign Minister mentioned that it’s impossible to provide visas
to representatives of a country with which Armenia has no diplomatic
relations and the border is closed. In Mr. Oskanian’s words, with
this step Armenia once again calls the attention of the international
community to the unsettled Armenian-Turkish relations. The Foreign
Minister informed that one Turkish observer received an entry visa,
because he represents the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe and not Turkey as separate.

As for the elections, the Minister expressed hope that these will be
free and fair.