AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 30, 2009 Thursday

ARMENIAN MINISTER CITES PROGRESS IN TIES WITH TURKEY

Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian has said there was
progress in the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey,
which have been marred by tensions for many years. Nalbandian dodged a
question whether or not the two countries intended to sign an
agreement on re-opening their shared border, which has been shut since
1993. He only said that improvement of bilateral ties, the border
opening and restoration of relations between the Armenian and Turkish
people was a matter of time. Turkey closed its border with Armenia due
to the neighboring countrys policy of occupation against Azerbaijan
and Armenian claims regarding the alleged World War I-era
genocide. However, there have been signs of normalization in
Ankara-Yerevan ties of late.