AZERBAIJAN MAY ALSO OPEN BORDERS WITH ARMENIA?
PanARMENIAN.NET
09.09.2009 12:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan is ready to open its border with Armenia
and establish formal relations if Yerevan returns five regions adjacent
to Nagorno Karabakh, an Azerbaijani official has said.
Elkhan Polukhov, spokesperson for Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, said Tuesday that Azerbaijan may consider opening its
borders with Armenia in case of a breakthrough in the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. "It has been said in earlier statements from Azerbaijani
officials that Azerbaijan is ready to open borders and restore dialogue
with Armenia if the first stage of a plan to resolve the conflict is
implemented," he said, Today’s Zaman reported.
Azerbaijan, a close ally of Turkey and a key natural gas supplier
for the proposed Nabucco project destined to reach Europe, earlier
criticized Turkey’s own plans to open its border with Armenia,
closed in 1993 in a show of solidarity with Azerbaijan in its war
with Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh.