Armenian-Turkish border may be opened will September 2009April 7, 2009 - 14:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The possibility of opening the borderline between Turkey and Armenia is very high, Sinan Ogan said. "Barack Obama had highlighted this question during his visit to Turkey, so this will accelerate the efforts to that end. To give the exact date is actually impossible. But we can say that this could happen before September 2009," Sinan Ogan, director of the Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis (TÜRKSAM), told PanARMENIAN.Net However, opening of the borderline with Armenia doesn't mean that the "Azerbaijan clause will come to an end," according to him. "So Turkey doesn't want to do it against Azerbaijan's will. If it does, this could bring undesirable circumstances. While Turkey wants to open the borders it also wants to solve the dispute of Nagorno Karabakh, so Turkey thinks the opening of the borderline will help the problem resolution. But President Ilham Aliyev's not coming to the Alliance of Civilizations Conference could be understood as the reaction of Azerbaijan to Turkey," Mr. Ogan said. Top stories 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. 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". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |