Politics:

EJEVITS SAYS WHAT PEOPLE WANTS TO HEAR

Political elite of Turkey admits that the Turkish society demands opening of border with Armenia.

October 18, 2002
Recently the Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ejevit came out with a sensational statement. The head of the government, at the same time the leader of the left Democratic Party in the governing coalition said that if his party succeeded in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the economic contacts with Yerevan might be resumed. The “Anadolu” agency informs that Ejevit has said his party will do its best to reopen the border with Armenia. It’s interesting that he repeated this words several times during his pre-electoral meetings with the electors of the province bordering with Armenia.
 
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