POLITICS
‘Turkey-Armenia borders can not be opened until the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is solved’
Baku, February 18 (AZERTAC). Turkey-Armenia borders can not be opened until the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is settled, said head of Turkish Kars municipality Nevzat Bozkus in a meeting with Azerbaijani parliamentarian Aydin Mirzazadeh.
Bozkus said Turkey will open its borders only after Armenia withdraws its troops from Azerbaijan`s lands.
On Turkish-Azerbaijani relations, Bozkus praised joint projects initiated by the two countries, saying Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will open huge opportunities for progress of the Kars region.
In his turn, Mirzazadeh, who embarked on a visit in Kars to attend a commemorative event on the Khojaly genocide, thanked Bozkus for his support and contribution to organizing the event.
The Azerbaijani MP praised the bilateral relations, describing them as “intensively developing in all fields”.
On the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly massacre, Kars hosted an event which gathered public figures, officials and MPs from Turkey and Azerbaijan.