OPEN OR NOT TO OPEN? ARF PREPARES A REPORT ON THE OPENING OF THE ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER
Hasmik Dilanyan

"Radiolur"
23.06.2009 17:55

How will the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border benefit the
Armenian economy? The Armenian Revolutionary Federation has set up a
task force to conduct a research on the similarities and differences
in the economies of Armenia and Turkey. Chairman of the group David
Lokyan today presented the results of the study.

According to Vahan Hovhannisyan, head of the ARF faction at the
National Assembly, the study is called to answer what kind of economic,
trade and social problems might emerge in case of opening of the
Armenian-Turkish land border and to what extent Armenia is ready
for it with its economy, the internal resources and the legislative
field. At the same time he underlined that there was no political
pretext behind the research.

Thus, according to Davvid Lockyan, Armenia will definitely benefit from
the opening of the shared border with Turkey. "Naturally, a country
with the population of 3 million cannot but benefit from establishing
trade-economic relations with a country having a population of 74
million. This is an axiom which we cannot argue with," Lockyan said
in his speech.

Chairman of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Economic
Issue Vardan Ayvazyan noted that the report reveals all the possible
risks that might emerge after the opening of the border.