Opening of Armenian-Turkish border not linked to Karabakh conflict resolutionMay 14, 2009 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The main idea of the Armenian-Turkish agreement on road map is that normalization of relations should proceed simultaneously with the Karabakh conflict settlement process but independently of it, a Turkish professor said. "Opening of the Armenian-Turkish border is not linked to Karabakh conflict resolution," Mustafa Aydin, professor of international relations department at Tobb University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. As to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Azerbaijan, prof. Aydin said it was a PR move. "Actually, Turkish PM visited Baku to negotiate some energy issues, specifically Nabucco project ands Azeri gas price. I think that if Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations are normalized, Armenia will become a full-fledged member of Nabucco project," he said. 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. |