Armenian-Turkish border may be opened for period of NATO exercises in ArmeniaPanARMENIAN.Net - From September 11 to 17, Armenia will be hosting NATO exercises - Armenia 2010, during which skills of humanitarian relief units in zones of disasters will be practiced. The Armenian-Turkish border will be opened for the period of NATO exercises to allow passage of Turkey's military column, Turkish Radikal paper reported. 19 countries will participate in the exercises held as part of NATO's Partnership for Peace program. The Turkish paper referred to the fictitious scenario of exercises, according to which servicemen will be have to save civilians after a disastrous earthquake, similar to 1988 earthquake in Armenia. The paper added that Azerbaijan has refrained from participating in the exercises. Related links: Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |