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18 September 2009 [16:24] - Today.Az
The Turkey-Armenia border will not be opened on Oct.14, the Turkish state minister stated.
"The unfair occupation of the Azerbaijani territory should be put an end. The Armenia-Turkey border is not scheduled to be opened on Oct. 14. If you want to become sure of it, it is enough to view the Turkey-Armenia protocol," said Jamil Cicek, State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey.
On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" to sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Political consultations will be completed within six weeks, and following that two protocols will be signed and submitted to the two countries' parliaments for approval. At present Turkey does not plan to open the borders with Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davudoglu, said.
Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993.
Cicek said Turkey informed the Azerbaijani government about all negotiations with Armenia.
"Some forces stage propaganda to harm the Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. Turkey has always been close to Azerbaijan. The normalization of the Turkey-Armenia relations will help promote the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem", Turkish State Minister said.
/Trend News/
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