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  • There are no reasons to keep Armenia-Turkey border closed - FM

    ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
    March 30, 2007 Friday 04:01 PM EST

    There are no reasons to keep Armenia-Turkey border closed - FM



    Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian believes that there are no
    reasons to keep the Armenian-Turkish border closed.

    ``An improvement of bilateral relations is possible only if the
    border opens,'' Oskanian said.

    Although they have a common border of 330 kilometers, Armenia and
    Turkey still do not have diplomatic relations.

    Ankara demands that Yerevan must stop seeking international
    recognition of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915
    and helping Karabakh in the conflict with Azerbaijan as a term for
    the improvement of bilateral relations.

    According to international experts, annual Armenia's damages from the
    Turkish blockade are estimated at 500 million U.S. dollars.
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