Armenia's economy not to benefit from open Armenian-Turkish border

PanARMENIAN.Net - Position of the Gnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations is clear, "we oppose any restoration of relations with Turkey until it recognizes the Armenian Genocide," Vahan Shirkhanian , board member of the Gnchak Social Democratic Party of Armenia told a press conference in Yerevan today.



According to him, Armenia did so, partly voluntarily, partly by coercion. "Armenia is under superpowers' pressure. Despite we are told that normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations will be beneficial to us, they won't," Mr. Shirkhanyan said, adding that after opening the borders between countries nothing will change and the economy of Armenia will not win anything from this.



According to Vahan Shirkhanyan, Turkey has the following goals to be attained through normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations: failure of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide , recognition of the Treaty of Kars, resolution of the Karabakh conflict in Azerbaijan's favor, elimination of Russia's military presence in Armenia, limiting of Armenian-Iranian relationships, as well as the implementation of Ankara-Gyumri-Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Meghri-Baku railway project.