OSKANIAN: TURKEY MUST FIRST OPEN BORDERS TO ESTABLISH NORMAL RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2007 14:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian currently
in Istanbul participating in the BSECO jubilee summit, called on Turkey
to open the Armenian border, which is closed since 1993. "If you
really treat the dialog between Yerevan and Ankara seriously, would
you be so kind as to first open the border. If the Armenian-Turkish
border is open, the Armenian side will be ready to form any commission
on the governmental level to discuss those issues, which currently
hamper normalization of relations between our countries," Vartan
Oskanian underscored.

Commenting on his meeting with Turkish FM Abdullah Gul yesterday, the
Armenian Foreign Minister said, unfortunately no changes are observed
in Turkey’s policy and it continues to put forward preconditions
for normalizing relations with Armenia. In his words, as democratic
countries, Armenia and Turkey must be able to settle existing problems
in civilized way.

Vartan Oskanian also noted during his meeting with A. Gul he
familiarized him with the latest developments of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement process and Armenia’s stance on the issue. "After
the meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents in St.

Petersburg various comments were made. Baku is trying to find those who
it considers guilty, making various comments. And consequently, Turkey
must listen and to our position in order to make a just conclusion,"
the RA FM underscored.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress