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    ARMENIAN-TURKISH RECONCILIATION PRESSURED FROM OUTSIDE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    31.08.2009 13:42 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "In the case of the Armenian-Turkish relations the
    external pressure is felt, especially on Turkey, because it was the
    first to unilaterally close the border, while Armenia has always
    advocated the opening of the border without any preconditions,"
    Ruben Melkonyan , turkologist and lecturer of Turkic Chair at the
    Yerevan State University, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    According to him, being a very experienced in diplomacy Turkey is
    still successfully maneuvering in the international arena, and it
    manages to neutralize the external pressure.

    In respect to opening the border, Mr. Melkonyan said that not only
    the mood of Armenia's public must be taken into account, but also the
    interests of Diaspora. "In this context, the position of Diaspora is
    more rigid than that of the public of Armenia, which has a logical
    explanation. The Armenian community, on the contrary, has a very
    superficial understanding of Turkey, the Turkish public and the pluses
    and minuses of an open border as a whole," Mr. Melkonyan added.

    When asked about the possible economic consequences of the open
    borders, he stressed, that since the Armenian economy has a very
    large agrarian industry, Armenia might not compete with Turkey,
    having more developed agricultural production

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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