Ankara considers opening border with Armenia: Yerevan informally doesn't welcome the move

Ankara is considering the feasibility to temporarily opening the ground border between Turkey and Ankara which will enable Turkish military forces to cross the border and participate in an emergency relief exercise organized by NATO in Armenia from September 11-17, said Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson Burak Ozugergin.

According to Turkish news agency Anadolu Ozugergin said at the same time that previous news about those exercise and the possible opening of the border are not true.

Earlier local Turkish daily Radikal reported that Turkey might open the ground border with Armenia so that Turkish military forces could also participate in those exercises.

Turkish Hurriyet Daily News & Economic review had also touched upon the subject. According to the newspaper an Armenian diplomatic source told Radio Free Europe radio under condition of anonymity that Yerevan did not welcome such a development of events and might not allow the Turkish forces to cross the border into Armenia.