TURKISH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS: WE’LL CONTINUE OUR MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.04.2009 18:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian-Turkish border can be opened
only after Armenia withdraws its troops from Nagorno Karabakh,
General Ilker Bashug , Head of the Turkish Armed Forces General
Headquarters said. According to the General, the US has not made any
claim regarding Ankara’s policy in relation to Afghanistan and Iraq,
however, it required that Turkey increase the number of its military
subdivisions in Afghanistan to continue its mission there, Turkish
Hurriyet periodical reports .

With regard to Armenian-Turkish border opening, General Bashbug
referred to the following statement made by Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "The border opening should be accompanied by
the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno Karabakh." "We share
that viewpoint," Mr. Bashbug said in conclusion.