Armenian-Turkish border opening will be followed by opening of border with AzerbaijanNovember 17, 2009 - 15:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Opening of Armenia -Turkey border will introduce drastic changes in the region, Haykazun Alvrtsyan, Director of the Western Armenians' Studies Center told a news conference in Yerevan. "After successful RA-Turkey rapprochement process and border opening, opening of Armenia-Azerbaijan border will become the next western initiative, promoting implementation of western communication projects in the region. Otherwise, opening of border with Turkey would be pointless," Haykazun Alvrtsyan said. According to him, future of Armenia and NKR should not be risked for communication advantages' sake. "I hope our government realizes the threats of current process with Turkey and will be capable of resisting it," Haykazun Alvrtsyan noted, adding that the status quo will be reestablished unless Armenian -Turkish border is opened. 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. |