EU envoy hopes Armenian-Turkish border will open 'in the near future'September 29, 2017 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - EU ambassador to Armenia Piotr Switalsky has expressed hope that the border with Turkey will open "in the near future," the bloc's official representation said in a series of tweets. Switalsky was addressing the international conference Regional & National Security Dynamics in the framework of Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process programme funded by the European Union. The envoy emphasized "keen interest in Armenian and Turkish societies for enhancing people-to-people contacts." Also, the ambassador stressed the importance of reconciliation and overcoming the difficult past just as Poland and Germany were able to do. Yerevan and Ankara have no diplomatic ties. Turkey reacted to the war in Nagarno Karabakh (Artsakh) by closing its border with Armenia out of support for Azerbaijan. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |