OPENING TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE: AMBASSADOR
Trend News Agency
March 17 2009
Azerbaijan
Opening the Turkey-Armenia border is not subject to debate, Turkish
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilich told journalists on March 17.
Armenian-Turkish relations have been severed since 1993 due to
Armenia’s "genocide" campaign and forceful occupation of 20 percent of
Azerbaijani territory. Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan
on Sept. 6, 2008 after being invited by his Armenian counterpart Serzh
Sargsyan to watch a football match between the two countries. Efforts
have been made to normalize ties ever since.
Although the Turkish and Armenian governments are currently negotiating
their relations, it is too early to speak about a final decision,
Kilich said.