Turkish Deputy: Ankara Wishes Open Border with ArmeniaJune 7, 2006 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey wishes to have open border with Armenia, member of the BSEC PA committee on legal and political issues, member of Republican People's Party of Turkey Mehmet Sevigen told journalists. In his words, Turkey does everything depending on it to open the border with Armenia, but the latter should also take essential steps. "Armenia should observe the U.N. resolution and quit the seized Azeri territories,' Sevigen said. When touching upon Turkey's acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, Sevigen stated that the "events of 1915 were not genocide but so-called genocide." "Armenia should surrender its claims for recognizing these events as genocide. Historians should deal with the issue. Turkey has opened all its archives of those times and invited all historians concerned. When everything clears up we will see that matters do not stand the same as politicians describe," Sevigen said, reported IA Regnum. 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. |