ABDULAH GUL: ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER WILL SOON BE OPENED

armradio.am
23.11.2009 18:25

Asked by Italian "La Stampa" when the citizens of Armenia and Turkey
will be able to pass the border, Turkish President Abdulah Gul said:
"That obstacle will be soon resolved. Of course we’ll need some
"technical" period as the document should pass a discussion stage
in the parliaments of both countries. Then we are going to appoint
Ambassadors and the land border will be opened. It’s long since the
air border is open," Gul told Italian paper.

Gul declared his country is serious to continue its strategy of
having no problems with neighbors. "If the status of democracy rises
in the country, all taboos disappear," said Gul in view of Armenian
and Kurdish conflicts. Regarding the ties with Armenia, Abdulah Gul
said: "If we speak generally, the world is changing and Turkey is
changing also."