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Batachar Baysal: â€œIf borders with Armenia are opened, Turkey will run highâ€

08 April 2009 10:21 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadliâ€“APA. â€œI donâ€™t believe that Turkey will open its borders with Armenia, because we, the Turkish nation, are against the opening of borders with Armenia without solution of Karabakh problemâ€, head of the AZFEN joint venture Batachar Baysal told APA. He said all political forces in Turkey, CHP, MHP and other parties, even the part of AKP donâ€™t support the idea of border opening. Baysal said if borders with Armenia were opened, â€œTurkey would run highâ€.
Baysal said he didnâ€™t believe in the opening of borders and therefore didnâ€™t expect for any problem in the economic relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan. â€œOn the other hand, not only the economic ties linked Turkey with Azerbaijan. There could be some disputed issues between the two fraternal countries, but that door will not be opened. If even there is an attempt to open that, Turkey certainly laid the condition before Barack Obama and Armenia related to Karabakh. There is nothing out of thisâ€.

Baysal said Armenia couldnâ€™t replace Azerbaijan in terms of economic relations and useful market. â€œArmenia has nothing. If Armenia can meet own needs, why they want to open the borders? If Armenians didnâ€™t need in Turkey they wouldnâ€™t entreat America to open the borders. The opening of the borders is useful only for Armenia and Turkey has no advantages in this issue. If Armenia is independent, it will approach Turkey and Azerbaijan. But some countries pressure upon Armenia and force it to some actions. If those countries donâ€™t interfere in the Armeniaâ€™s affairs, the three countries can agree between themselvesâ€.