NORMALIZATION OF TIES WITH TURKEY BE POSITIVE FOR KARABAKH – ARMENIAN LEADER

Public Television of Armenia
Feb 10 2010

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said he would invite his Azerbaijani
counterpart to possible opening of Armenian-Turkish border, the
state-owned Armenian Public TV reported on 10 February.

The president also added that the settlement of Turkish ties may
impact positively the Karabakh settlement.

Speaking at the Chatham House on 10 February during his working visit
to the UK, Sargsyan said the quick normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations can become a guidebook for and bring positive charge to
the Karabakh settlement, the TV reported.

Sargsyan said in this regard: "I would say more – I myself am going
to invite [Azerbaijani] President [Ilham] Aliyev to the process of
possible opening of Armenian-Turkish border. I believe this can be a
very important and to some extent also an exemplar event in the region,
which will expressly show how existing problems should be solved,
that each, even the most complicated conflict has a way of solution,
and this way are negotiations only and an ability to see reality with
open eyes", the TV reported.