Turkey's prime minister to open border with Armenia after parliamentary electionsMay 15, 2009 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri political scientist Zardusht Alizade believes that the prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan only temporarily give up opening of the Armenian border in order to win the forthcoming parliamentary elections. This was reported by the "News Azerbaijan" information agency. According to the political scientist, thanks to Azerbaijan's efforts, Turkish opposition managed to turn the Nagorno Karabakh issue into domestic policy issue for Turkey. "Therefore by his recent statements related to obligatory linkage of the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border with tangible moves in Nagorno Karbakh settlement Erdogan removed that issue from the agenda and disarmed opposition," Z.Alizade said.Zadusht Alizade is certain, that after Turkish prime minister has won the parliamentary elections, he will forget about Nagorno Karabakh and will get down to execution of already de facto trade economic relations between Armenia and Turkey. ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |