COMMODITY TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY IN 2004 MADE $120 BILLION
PanArmenian News
Feb 14 2005
14.02.2005 16:54
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The commodity circulation between Armenia and Turkey
in 2004 made about $120 billion, Kaan Soyak, the Co-Chairman of the
Armenian-Turkish Relations Development Council, stated in Yerevan
today. According to him, before the formation of the Council in
1997 the turnover made no more than $60 million. He says, in case
of opening of the Armenian-Turkish border the turnover can increase
at least three times. Kaan Soyak stated he is for soonest opening
of the border and invited representatives of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
to Turkey for establishing dialogue on urgent issues. “The ARFD is a
serious and experienced party and if they agree I am ready to exert
every effort to start this dialogue”, he noted. When touching upon the
Armenian Genocide Soyak said that Turks began speaking of it during
the recent 2-3 years. “Our organization will do its best to make the
historical truth clear to the Turkish people”, he stated. It should
be noted that when commenting on the killings of 1915 in the Ottoman
Empire the Turkish businessman used the word “genocide”.