IGDIR RESIDENTS APPEAL NOT TO OPEN ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER

Tert.am
15:19 ~U 18.01.10

Residents of Igdir in eastern Turkey have appealed to Turkey’s Ministry
of Foreign Affairs not to open the Turkish-Armenian border.

As reported by Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, an Igdir organization
whose main purpose is the struggle against "unfounded Armenian claims"
begun a petition a few weeks ago requesting the Armenian-Turkish
border remain closed.

Organization leader Goksel Gulbey announced that, in order for the
border to open, it’s first necessary that Armenians leave Azerbaijani
territories.

Gulbey also noted that the organization has succeeded in collecting
4,000 signatures, which have been sent to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry.