Public Radio of Armenia







The issue of opening the border with Turkey is not on the government’s
agenda, acting Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan told journalists
after the government sitting.

He informed that the ban on the import of Turkish goods will be
extended. “Apparently, we will also ban the sale, no matter when the
goods were imported, because people find secret ways to import Turkish
goods,” the Minister said.

“Here the approach should be quite symmetrical, when a decision is
made at the political level to restore symmetrical relations, then we
will try to make sure that our economy is as well protected as
possible from the flood of Turkish goods,” Vahan Kerobyan stressed.

By its decision of October 20, 2020, the Government of the Republic of
Armenia imposed a ban on the import of consumer goods of Turkish
origin. The ban is valid from December 31, 2020 for a period of six
months.

In 1993 Turkey unilaterally closed the air and land borders with
Armenia. Under pressure from the international community, the air
border reopened in 1995. The land border remains closed.