A Southeast Europe scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars is sceptical over the possibility of opening Armenia-Turkey border till yearend.

“At present, Yerevan and Ankara are unready to solve the issue, differing too much in their positions on rapprochement methods,” Alexandros Petersen said.

“Were Azerbaijan involved in rapprochement talks, the opening of borders would have positively affected the regional situation. However, the U.S. administration conducted the rapprochement policy, preferring not to involve the official Baku. It was the attempt to involve Azeri administration at the last moment that led us to a stalemate,” 1news.az quoted the expert as saying.