Hayk Babukhanyan: Let Ankara think itself how to open borders, it's not our problemAugust 11, 2009 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "All the problems associated with Armenia turned into a ball, which will be unleashed this fall," Hayk Babukhanyan , leader of the Constitutional law union told a press conference in Yerevan today. According to him, now the Armenian-Turkish border became a border between the CSTO and NATO. Concerning the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and opening the border, Babukhanyan stressed that he wouldn't call this as 'opening of the Armenian-Turkish border', since Turkey closed the border, and now it's deblocking takes place. "It's not our problem and let Ankara think itself how to open borders. We have helped them enough already," Babukhanyan said. He also said, that the entire region will benefit from the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. Mr. Babukhanyan also stressed that Turkey must be more interested in opening the border, because it wants to gain access to Europe and to join EU. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |