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Serhed TV channel of Kars: Everyday 150 Turkish TIR vehicles leave for Armenia through Georgia

18 January 2010 17:01 (UTC +04:00)

The employees of the Serhed TV channel went to Armenia and prepared reports from Gyumri. Serhed TV is owned by former head of Kars municipality Naif Alibeyoglu.
The program head of the channel Alican Alibeyoglu said the project aimed to eliminate the problems between Armenian and Turkish nations, make the two nations closer. Alibeyoglu said everyday 150 Turkish TIR vehicles leave for Armenia through Georgia and underlined that the borders between the two countries are formally closed.
â€œ80 percent of the goods sold in Armenia are produced in Turkey. The two countries operate flights. The borders are closed symbolically. All are expecting the problems between Armenia and Azerbaijan to be solved and the borders to be opened,â€ he said.
Presenter of Serhed TV Ozgur Togrul said their goal is to improve the friendship between the journalists of the two countries.
â€œOur colleagues from Armenia came to Kars, we visited this country. The atmosphere of mutual confidence is being formed. Particularly the young people approach the issues more peacefully and want the opening of the borders. The Turkish and Armenian cultures are alike. We want to develop the relations in this field,â€ he said.
The owner of the TV channel Naif Alibeyoglu was pursing active policy for the opening of the borders with Armenia while he was head of Kars municipality. Naif Alibeyoglu had initiated to hold joint festivals in Kars, erect monument in Kars symbolizing the Turkish-Armenian friendship and fraternize Gyumri and Kars.
Various European foundations offered financial assistance to Alibeyogluâ€™s initiatives aiming to normalize the relations with Armenia.