VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN: OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER ALSO MEETS TURKEY’S INTERESTS

ArmInfo
2008-09-18 16:16:00

ArmInfo. ‘Turkey makes use of the results of the visit of the
Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Armenia perfectly, while Armenia
is overmodest and does not try to make use of the brave step of
Serzh Sargsyan who invited his Turkish counterpart’, Head of the
parliamentary faction of ARF ‘Dashnaktsutyun’ party Vahan Hovhannisian
said at today’s press-conference in the National press-club.

Having touched on the issue of establishment of diplomatic relations
between Armenia and Turkey and opening of the border, V. Hovhannisian
said: ‘Having opened the border, Turkey will not oblige Armenia as it
is necessary both for us and them’. The MP also emphasized that due to
the fact that the Armenian-Turkish border was closed, Armenia could
avoid a threat of drug trafficking. ‘Everyone knows that the drugs
entered the south regions of Armenia from Azerbaijan, while Turkey
provides the whole Europe with drugs’, Hovhannisian said. ‘Having
opened the border, Turkey will be able to claim of its tolerance to
the European Union.

However, judging by the present situation, I doubt if Armenia will
be able to receive political dividends from this’, the MP said.