‘OPENING OF ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT’: AHMET DAVUTOGLU

Tert.am
03.05.10

Turkey certainly wants to open its border with Armenia because it
wants full integration with its neighbors, Turkish Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu said at a keynote lecture at University of Oxford’s
St. Antony’s College, reported by Today’s Zaman.

"For sure, we want to open our border because we want full integration
with our neighbors. However, opening the Turkey-Armenia border will
not be sufficient; we want to open the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as
well so that regional stability can be maintained," Davutoglu said.

Turkish FM also touched upon other issues pertaining to Turkey’s
foreign policy, among them also relations with Israel.

Referring to the fact that Turkey cancelld war games last year because
Israel was participating in it too, Davutoglu said Turkey would not
partake in any event should there be military tension in the region.

"Yes, last year we canceled those war games, and should there any
potential military tension be noticed in the region, no such war
games will be conducted," said Davutoglu, adding Turkey cannot turn
a blind eye to what is happening in the Gaza Strip now.