‘TURKEY WILL OPEN BORDER IN FEBRUARY,’ SAYS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION CHAIR KAREN BEKARYAN
Tert
Oct 22 2009
Armenia
"The Armenian-Turkish border will open in February," said European
Integration NGO chair Karen Bekaryan at a press conference today.
Bekaryan explained his forecast, in the first place, by events about
to take place in Turkey: the election, in particular.
In Bekaryan’s opinion, if the Armenian-Turkish process fails or it
reaches its final end, Turkey will face such pressure from outside
that its governing party’s positions inside Turkey will be weakened.
And that, according to the analyst, is not advantageous for Turkey’s
leadership; particularly, on the threshold of the upcoming election.
Apart from that, Bekaryan believes that on the threshold of the
election, Turkey wouldn’t want to see the Kurdish issue raised in
its country, so it will be obliged not to ruin the Armenian-Turkish
process.
"The ratification process will be faster than normal," said the
European Integration chair.
Referring to the Armenian side, Bekaryan stated that if the Armenian
side would like to see an outcome from the current process, it must
work consistently every day, because this is a sensitive issue for
all those involved.