"ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT IS REASON FOR CELEBRATION"

Panorama.am
14:04 14/10/2009

It was reported on Saturday that Turkey and Armenia "signed a landmark
agreement to establish diplomatic relations and open their sealed
borders after a century of enmity," Gerry Rankin from Glendale
News writes.

The agreement needs to be ratified by both nations’ parliaments before
it would become final.

The reporter writes while some Armenians, safe in America, may want
their former homeland to maintain a belligerent posture with its most
important neighbor, those who live in Armenia are the ones who would
face the consequences of continuing failed relations with Turkey.

"Obviously, they are the vulnerable ones. As a nation, Armenia may be
strong in heart, but it is relatively weak in economic and military
power, and potential adversaries surround it on every side," Gerry
Rankin writes.