Armenian-Turkish relations progress in the frames agreed upon by the sides, Georgian political analyst Hamlet Chipashvili told in the interview with Georgian Akhali Taoba daily. According to him, Turkey wishes to open Armenian-Turkish border to develop south provinces that are currently underdeveloped.

“Shortly the border will open, the ties will restore, which is fatal for Georgia as its transit charges will reduce by 30-35%. Besides the activeness in tourism sector will also decline. The majority of tourists in Adjara are Armenians and will further go to Turkey for an affordable rest,” the expert underlined.

Chipashvili did not rule out that Turkey might pressurize Azerbaijan to unblock the communication between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which entails oil and gas supply from Azerbaijan to Turkey through Armenia. “It might not happen that soon, but once it does, it will cause severe economic loss to Georgia,” he stated. According to Chipashvili, Armenia will become more self-confident with the Armenian-Turkish relations’ normalization, that will bring peace to neither incumbent nor future Georgian leadership."