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Turkey's position on opening borders with Armenia remains unchanged

17 August 2006 [21:19] - TODAY.AZ
"Turkey's position regarding opening its borders with Armenia remains unchanged," said Turkish Foreign Ministry press secretary, ambassador Namig Tan.

As concerns Kars local authorities head Naif Alibayoglu's statement on importance of opening Turkey-Armenia borders, Mr.Tan said Turkey is a democratic state, everyone can express his own views openly.

"However, this issue concerns the government rather than the local authorities head. There is no changes in the position of the Turkish government with regard to opening the borders and we are not going to do that," the press secretary told APA's Turkey bureau.

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