Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced that preparations for opening border crossing points with Armenia have been completed. The minister said all preparations have been made to open the railway and Alican road border crossing points.
According to Uraloglu, if mutual agreement is reached, the border crossing points could be opened in a short time, taking Azerbaijan’s sensitivities into account.
How will the opening of the Turkey-Armenia border before a final peace agreement is signed affect the process? What is meant by Azerbaijan’s sensitivities?
Speaking to Globalinfo.az, political analyst Murad Sadaddinov said there is nothing unusual here:
“There is an agreement. Turkish officials have repeatedly stated at the highest level that Armenian-Turkish relations will be restored. But this will happen after relations with Azerbaijan are restored. The main problem here is that Armenia must amend its Constitution. Also, the reference to Armenia’s Declaration of Independence in the preamble to the Constitution must be dropped.
I do not believe that the Turkish side would violate its agreement with Azerbaijan. That is, I do not think relations with Armenia will be restored unilaterally.”
Turan Rzayev
Globalinfo.az
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