EUROPEAN UNION TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH CLOSED BORDER

Panorama.am
13:15 30/03/2009

"After the U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Turkey
Armenian-Turkish closed border will be probably opened," reports APA
referring to Euronews. According to some sources in Brussels the
Foreign Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan is going to pay a visit to
Armenia and the closed Armenian-Turkish border will get opened on
the eve of 24 April.

According to the source, that effort would be appreciated by the
European Union and would have its positive impact on Turkey-EU
relations.

Note that the U.S. President Barack Obama is going to pay a visit to
Turkey in the beginning of April. Later, on 16-17 April, Ministerial
meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation will be launched in
Armenia. The Foreign Ministry of Armenia sent an invitation letter
to the Foreign Minister of Turkey. According to Tigran Balayan, the
head of the public relations department of the Foreign Ministry of
Armenia the Turkish party did not answer the invitation.