Turkish State Minister: If Europe wants to open the border with Armenia, they should put pressure on it to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan

"We have done everything that the EU demanded from us. We even made such concessions, which are, frankly speaking, not entirely consistent with our national interests. We were at a point of quarreling with our Azerbaijani brothers, and in a response we have seen statements by Sarkozy and Merkel that they do not want to see Turkey in the EU", he said.

As for the Armenian-Turkish dialogue, the state minister stated that "the border with Armenia will be opened only after the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. "Only in this way can we open the borders", he stressed.

But, he said, however, Turkey will do its utmost to attract the attention of Europe and the international community to this problem. "If Europe wants to open the border with Armenia, they could put pressure on it to withdraw from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", said Boris Egemen.

/ARMENIA Today/