DAVUTOGLU WANTS ARMENIA-TURKEY AND ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN BORDERS TO OPEN

armradio.am
03.05.2010 12:41

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday that Turkey
was eager to open its borders with Armenia, because it wanted a full
integration with its neighbors.

Davutoglu delivered a speech at a conference titled "Turkish Foreign
Policy in Changing World" held by the South East European Studies at
Oxford (SEESOX) and Turkey’s Sabanci University at Oxford University
in Britain.

Turkey has taken measures before crises in its region and countries
should prevent wars and tensions, he said. Turkey wanted a secure
region and neighbors in Middle East, Caucasus, Balkans and Gulf region,
he added.

Davutoglu reiterated that the Karabakh dispute must be healed for
stability in the region.

"…Of course we want to open our border because we want full
integration with our neighbors. However, it would not be enough to open
Turkey-Armenia border. We also want that Armenia-Azerbaijan border is
opened so that regional stability could be restored," said Davutoglu,
Turkish media report.