PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA: BLOCKADE DOES NOT PERTAIN TO TWO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES LIVING IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND RUNS COUNTER TO THE UN CHARTER

ArmInfo
2010-03-24 09:43:00

ArmInfo. The economic price of the closed border with Turkey is high
for Armenia, taking into account both the limitedness of transit ways
and idleness of the railway leading from Armenia to the Mediterranean
Sea, said Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in his interview with
the Syrian newspaper "Al Watan".

The president said that Armenia and Syria have a huge potential
of cooperation in industry, trade and provision of services. Open
borders could be of much significance for other countries as well,
including the commodity turnover between Syria and Armenia, he said.

Serzh Sargsyan added that the price of the closed border is much
higher in the political sphere. Blockade is nothing but one of the
means of use of force. This does not pertain to the two neighboring
countries living in the 21st century and runs counter to the United
Nations Charter and numerous standards of international law. Turkey
is trying to assume a more and more important role in the region and
in the international arena. It is a member of the UN Security Council
and G-20, and is striving to join the European Union. All this is
incompatible with unilateral use of economic sanctions against the
neighboring country with developing economy, he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress