EU envoy in favour of opening Armenian-Turkish border

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EU envoy in favour of opening Armenian-Turkish border

Mediamax news agency
5 May 05

Yerevan, 5 May: "If the Armenian-Turkish border opens, this will be
a very positive event," the special representative of the European
Union in the South Caucasus, Heikki Talvitie, said in Yerevan today.

The beginning of the talks on Turkey's accession to the European
Union [EU] "will certainly have an influence on Armenian-Turkish
relations", Talvitie said at a briefing in Yerevan today, Mediamax
new agency reports.

At the same time, the EU special representative said that "this does
not means that Armenia should not take steps for its part".

Commenting on the letters that the Turkish prime minister and the
Armenian president have exchanged, Talvitie did not rule out that
"we are witnessing the initial stage of a process that may turn into
a dialogue between the leaders of the two countries".

At the same time, the EU special representative in the South Caucasus
did not make any forecasts on this score noting that "the situation
still remains very brittle".