"We shall take a direct route to the sea"
sepyan
04:51 pm | September 04, 2009 | Politics
"Reopening of the Armenian-Turkish frontier will help overcome
economic crisis in Armenia," says Advisor to Armenian Prime Minister
on legal affairs Hamlet Hovsepyan.
"The frontier reopening is first of all advantageous to
entrepreneurs. We shall have a direct route to the sea and will no
longer have to pay great sums to Georgians," Mr. Hovsepyan told a
press conference on September 4.
In reply to a journalist’s remark that Armenians will fill the pockets
of Turks instead, Mr. Hovsepyan reminded that today Turkish good are
imported to Armenia even with closed borders.
"As soon as the border is reopened the same goods will be imported at
lower prices. This is good news for us, isn’t it?" added M. Hovsepyan.
He doesn’t think that the frontier reopening will create extra
obstacles for local manufacturers. "Legislative levers, mechanisms and
tools will be put to work in that case."