ARA KOCHUNYAN: WE SHOULD NOT FEAR THAT OPENING OF BORDER WILL DAMAGE ARMENIA’S SECURITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.09.2008 13:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ We should not fear that opening of the border will
damage Armenia’s security, Ara Kochunyan, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak
Istanbul-based Armenian-language newspaper, said in an interview
with PanARMENIAN.Net.

"Nations should be in contact; otherwise all the problems will
remain unsettled. Normalization depends on Presidents of Armenia and
Turkey. A step forward was made. But given current transformations in
geopolitics, there is no need to hurry. The developments prompt that
borders should be open. The question is when it can happen. Turkey
is a pragmatic state. After the war in South Ossetia, the Turkish
authorities concluded that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan had better go
through Armenia. Ankara understands that Armenia is the most stable
and predictable country in the region," he said.