Kob in Dalian: "Opening the border at any moment" means "I don't know when it will happen" Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan reiterated that relations with Turkey are so good that the border can be opened at any time. The political observer, Kob Badalian, examines in an interview why this wording actually indicates the lack of substantial relations between Yerevan and Ankara. - Mirzoyan says relations with Turkey are good and the border can be opened at any time. How does this reflect reality? - In practice, it's not so much related to good relationships, but to the lack of real and substantial relationships. The fact that there are connections, certain events take place, connections exist, does not mean the existence of a relationship. Relationships, if they are substantial, assume certainty. For example, in the issue of opening the border. - What would be a sign of the actual existence of such a relationship? - If Mirzoyan had said that there are relations and they are at a certain stage, from which it can be concluded that opening the border in the next six months is not realistic, it would be clearer and would truly reflect the existence of relations. But he says the border could open at any moment. - How then to interpret the wording "at any moment"? - The phrase "at any moment" in this case is equivalent to "I don't know when it will happen". This is simply a more optimistic formulation, understandable from the point of view of propaganda purposes. As a result, this means that Armenian-Turkish subject relations do not exist as such. - What does this mean for Ankara's position? "This is further confirmation of what Ankara states from time to time: the opening of the border and normalization of relations will happen when a comprehensive Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement is reached.

Kob in Dalian: "Opening the border at any moment" means "I don't know when it will happen" Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan reiterated that relations with Turkey are so good that the border can be opened at any time. The political observer, Kob Badalian, examines in an interview why this wording actually indicates the lack of substantial relations between Yerevan and Ankara. - Mirzoyan says relations with Turkey are good and the border can be opened at any time. How does this reflect reality? - In practice, it's not so much related to good relationships, but to the lack of real and substantial relationships. The fact that there are connections, certain events take place, connections exist, does not mean the existence of a relationship. Relationships, if they are substantial, assume certainty. For example, in the issue of opening the border. - What would be a sign of the actual existence of such a relationship? - If Mirzoyan had said that there are relations and they are at a certain stage, from which it can be concluded that opening the border in the next six months is not realistic, it would be clearer and would truly reflect the existence of relations. But he says the border could open at any moment. - How then to interpret the wording "at any moment"? - The phrase "at any moment" in this case is equivalent to "I don't know when it will happen". This is simply a more optimistic formulation, understandable from the point of view of propaganda purposes. As a result, this means that Armenian-Turkish subject relations do not exist as such. - What does this mean for Ankara's position? "This is further confirmation of what Ankara states from time to time: the opening of the border and normalization of relations will happen when a comprehensive Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement is reached.