Turkish Peace Union: Turkey will see no benefits from opening of borders with ArmeniaApril 4, 2009 - 20:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's opening border with Armenia will constitute a stab in the back for the whole Turkic world, Turkish Peace Union statement reads. "Turkish Government venturing this step will cause Turkish people to rebel against it. Turkish people have waited for 70 years to re-unite with their Azeri brothers, and will not allow of repeated separation," the statement read.The statement detailed the following consequences of Turkish Armenian border opening: Azerbaijan ceases collaboration with Turkey in the sphere of energy, threatens to undermine Nabucco projects and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway construction. "In other words, Turkey will see no benefits from opening of borders with Armenia, so the authorities have to reconsider the issue," 1news.az cited. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |