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Residents of Alijan village on Turkey-Armenia border protest the reopening of borders

10 April 2009 16:45 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that journalists wrote that the Alijan border crossing point is 16 km away from the center of Igdir City and no one is allowed to enter the zone. Turkish military servicemen taking control over the territory did not respond the questions of journalists. Residents of Alijan village on Turkey-Armenia border also protested the reopening of borders. â€œWe are together with our Azeri brothers and do not want the reopening of Turkey-Armenia borders. The borders can be opened only after the fulfillment of conditions of Azerbaijan and Turkeyâ€.

Chief of Garagoyunlu settlement municipality from ruling AKP Ziyad Ali Delikdash also noted that great majority of local population was against the reopening of borders: â€œWe are one nation, two states. Armenians have forcedly occupied Nagorno Karabakh. Armenians must release all the territories under their occupation and they must leave their claims on so-called Armenian genocide.â€