Armenian-Turkish border may be opened after April 24?

PanARMENIAN.Net - The negotiations, started in 2007 between Armenia and Turkey, have neared the end, as informs Turkish Sabah. "Yerevan and Ankara have agreed on establishing normal relations, and the results of these negotiations are expected to be announced in April, resulting in the opening of Armenian-Turkish border," as reports the newspaper, emphasizing that Turkish authorities made it a condition that the opening of Armenian-Turkish border will be possible after April 24.



"The agreements reached in Bern provide the start for official negotiations between Ankara and Yerevan regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of Embassies; the establishment of double-sided committees on regulating Turkish-Armenian relations and reviewing the problems of 1915 events by historians; the discussions on the Kars treaty of 1921; the issue on the refusal of territorial claims from Turkey, and also issues regarding the opening of the border and establishing border trade," Sabah writes.



Another meeting was held between the diplomats of Armenia and Turkey in September 2008.

The deputy ministers of MFA, Turkey, Ertugrul Apakan and Unal Chevikoz met with their Armenian colleagues in Bern, where earlier private negotiations had been held in May and July.