AZG Armenian Daily #101, 28/05/2008

Armenia-Turkey

"OPENING OF BORDER WITH ARMENIA IMPOSSIBLE"

"The absence of a dialogue with Armenia is explained
by the issues coming from it. And until the problem
with Azerbaijan is not solved and there is no progress
in the policy and attitude towards Turkey, opening of
the border is impossible", announced Turkish Minister
of State Mehmed Shimshek while being in Igdir.

The Minister said that Turkey tries to have good
relations with all of its neighbors and mentioned that
not Turkey but Armenia needs Turkey.

"We are a country of 950 billion of purchasing
capacity. We don’t need Armenians but they need us.
And they should take a step taking into account this
fact. And after it we’ll also take a step as we are
the most powerful state in the region", announced
Mehmed Shimshek.

Translated by L.H.