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21 November 2007 - 13:39 AMT

Armenian-Turkish border will open but historical controversy will remain

Businessmen are most of all interested in opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, analyst at the European Stability Initiative (ESI) Diba Nigar Goksel said at a Yerevan-hosted conference titled “Armenia and Turkey: Regional Interests in Light of European Integration Processes.”

Turkey should itself decide its position in the region during next 10 years, according to her.

“However, I think the Armenian-Turkish border will open and relations between the two states will be normalized but historical controversy will remain,” she said.