TURKEY SHOULD OPEN BORDER FOR CHANGING HOSTILE ATTITUDE TO ARMENIA,
KIRO MANOYAN SAYS

Y EREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. As Kiro Manoyan, a Responsible
Person for ARFD Bureau Political Issues and the Armenian Cause (Hay
Dat) Office, evaluated, unless the respective steps are undertaken by
Turkey after Abdullah Gul’s visit, the Armenian-Turkish "non-existing"
relations will be delivered a bigger blow. As he stated at the
September 4 press conference, Turkey should open the border,
Gyumri-Kars railway to change the hostile attitude towards Armenia.

At the same time he said that the opening of the border can have bad
conseqences for Armenia. In particular, Turkish goods in huge amounts
will be imported to Armenia, which first of all will deliver a strong
blow to country’s economy. "We should not forget, either that by
opening the border the dangers will increase in the respect of national
security. However, it does not mean that the border should not be
opened. We should be just ready for the regime of an open border," K.
Manoyan emphasized.