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  • BAKU: Armenians Skeptical About Forging Ties With Turkey, Poll

    ARMENIANS SKEPTICAL ABOUT FORGING TIES WITH TURKEY, POLL

    AssA-Irada
    October 2, 2008 Thursday
    Azerbaijan

    Armenians lack confidence in normalizing their countrys relations
    with Turkey, with which it maintains no diplomatic relations and
    faces long-standing differences, a recent public opinion poll has
    found. 33 per cent of Armenian citizens polled by the National
    Strategic Research Center, an influential local group, said making
    amends with the neighboring country is impossible, while 43 per cent
    of respondents said they doubted this scenario would materialize. Only
    24 per cent of those polled believe it is possible to forge ties with
    Turkey. Suzanna Barsegian, head of the center, said that, nonetheless,
    64 per cent of the experts polled said establishing Armenian-Turkish
    relations is possible. But the experts also said Armenia should proceed
    with caution. We shouldnt forget that Turkey is our countrys enemy,
    she said. The two countries have been at odds and the border between
    the two countries has been closed since 1993 on Ankaras insistence
    due to Armenias policy of occupation and the Armenian genocide claims.
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