Armenian-Turkish border likely to be opened

PanARMENIAN.Net - The talks regarding the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border have quite intensified recently, and it is most likely to be opened, an Armenian expert said.



"Opening of the border depends on two factors: the first factor is the Municipal elections in Turkey scheduled for March 29. At the forthcoming elections the ruling AK Party must ultimately strengthen its positions in the field of domestic policy," Alexander Iskandaryan, political scientist, head of the Caucasus Institute, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



"The other factor is related to the United States: whether President Barack Obama will use the term Genocide in his April 24 statement or not," Iskandaryan said, adding that the Karabakh issue is, in fact, not a key condition for Turkey in regulating the relations with Armenia.



Star Turkish newspaper quoted a source in the ruling AK Party as saying that the opening of Armenian-Turkish border is expected in April.