IT DOES NOT MATTER FOR TURKEY WHICH BORDER IS OPENED FIRST – ARMENIAN-TURKISH OR ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 3, 2010 – 17:30 AMT 12:30 GMT

Political analyst Levon Shirinyan said that the statement by
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border is not sufficient for Turkey proves that it
wants to govern processes in the region. Turkey persistently wants
to be involved in regional processes and govern them, Shirinyan said
during a joint press conference with Turkologist Artak Shakaryan
in Yerevan.

In his turn, Shakaryan noted that the statement of the Turkish
Foreign Minister is not new; it is just a reformulation of previous
statements. "In Turkey’s opinion, the opening of the Armenian-Turkish
border is senseless without the opening of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border," the Armenian expert said, adding that it does not matter for
Turkey which border is opened first, it is important that the processes
develop and complete relatively simultaneously. "The Armenian-Turkish
relations will not reach a high level unless Ankara changes its stance
and the issue of the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations is settled,"
Shakaryan stressed.