ArmInfo. Gevorg Papoyan, Board member of the Civil Contract party and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, Parliament of Armenia, has not information that the agreements on reopening the Armenian-Turkish border for third countries' residents and holders of diplomatic passports before this summer have been annulled amid the Turkish foreign office's threats.
On April 29, Ankara, without notifying Armenia, shut down its airspace for Armenian planes. Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu explained that was Ankara's response to the unveiling of a monument to the participation in the Operation Nemesis in Yerevan.
The unveiling of a monument to the murderers of Ottoman officers and "our Azerbaijani brothers" is unacceptable to Ankara, and Armenia's authorities have been informed of that, Mr Cavusoglu said.
According to Mr Papoyan, Armenia has never closed its border with Turkey and if Turkey were the only party benefiting from the reopening of the border, Ankara would settle the issues within seconds.
"Turkey is pressing Armenia by means of closed borders thereby supporting Azerbaijan. And Turkey has never concealed that. This is evidence of absurd claims about disastrous consequences of reopening the Armenian-Turkish border," the Armenian MP said.
According to him, the reopening of the Armenian-Turkish border will facilitate Armenia's economic growth, creation of jobs and tax revenue growth.
"So if Ankara believed reopening the border posed threats to Armenia, it would open the border," Mr Papoyan said. According to him his counterparts are "apologies for economists" and "bearers of absurd ideas."
Immediately after the Armenia-Turkey normalization process was launched, Armenian economists stated that the reopening of the land border with Turkey would have an adverse affect on Armenian economy. By opening its doors to Turkey's market, Armenia is running the risk of losing a number of branches of its national economy, they say. Specifically, experts of the Amberd research center studied economic prospects of reopening the Armenian-Turkish border. Research showed more risks than opportunities for Armenia's economy.
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