ARMENIAN FM CALLED EU TO MAKE ANKARA OPEN ARMENIAN BORDER

PanARMENIAN.Net - The EU should increase the pressure upon Turkey for the opening of the Armenian border, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated, reported RFE/RL. V. Oskanian called the EU to be «more confident» and «make Ankara open the last close border of Europe.» «The Turkish party blocks the Armenian border, but it is not understandable for us and we expect the EU to be more confident in that issues,» he said in Helsinki. When commenting on the proposal of official Ankara to form a joint historical commission to study the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the course of the meeting with Finnish FM, V. Oskanian called the terms of the Turkish party «unacceptable». «We should follow the example of other European countries. Hardly in Europe or anywhere else there are two countries that do not have differences over comments of the history. However, it does not prevent them from having normal ties and diplomatic relations,» the Armenian FM said.