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    ARMENIAN PM DOWNPLAYS PURPORTED DAMAGE OF OPEN BORDER WITH TURKEY

    Armenpress
    May 1 2006

    YEREVAN, MAY 1, ARMENPRESS: Armenian prime minister Andranik Margarian
    has endorsed efforts seeking reopening of Turkish-Armenian border
    saying open border is instrumental in boosting regional cooperation.

    "Relations with Turkey will not damage Armenia," Margarian said in an
    interview posted on his Republican Party's official website. Margarian
    said Armenia had been saying repeatedly that it is ready to establish
    unconditional diplomatic relations with Turkey.

    "Unfortunately, Turkey makes opening of border contingent on a set
    of conditions which Armenia cannot accept," he said. Margarian also
    downplayed apprehensions that open border would result in a flow
    of cheap Turkish goods and hit Armenian economy saying Armenian
    businessmen would have to revise some of their priorities.

    "It is not clear what kind of goods would be imported, should Turkey
    open the border, and in what volumes, but concerning the currently
    imported Turkish goods we can say that the economy would not damage,"
    he said.
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