TURKEY-ARMENIA ROADMAP SETS TIMETABLE FOR TIES

Reuters
April 23 2009
UK

YEREVAN, April 23 (Reuters) – A roadmap agreed between Turkey and
Armenia commits the neighbours to establishing diplomatic relations
and opening their border gradually over "weeks or months", a senior
Western diplomat said on Thursday.

The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deal had
not yet been signed but that the two sides had agreed on diplomatic
ties, opening the border, and establishing commissions to tackle
historical disputes.

"All the documents have been agreed in principle but it’s from the
signing that the clock starts ticking," the diplomat told Reuters. "It
is a finite period that is not very long. We are talking about weeks
or months." (Reporting by Matt Robinson; Editing by Charles Dick)