According to EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, it is good to have a get off the Armenia-Turkey negotiations ground. The EU official told Russian paper Kommersant that opening of the border will be a first step in dealing with abnormal situation, when three most lengthy regional borders are blocked.

“Today, Armenia-Turkey relations are on the verge of breakthrough. The ratification process will surely be complex, but it is of mutual interest to the countries and in prospects – of Azerbaijan’s too, as it is also interested in border opening. The August 2008 war in Georgia revealed vulnerability of the South Caucasian states, that can be eliminated through solution to these problems. I am confident, Armenian leadership holds with me and the present status-quo of Nagorno-Karabakh is not in Armenia’s interests, that cannot last forever,” declared Semneby.

According to him, more confidence in the Caucasus is needed, when the third parties’ commitment (EU and Russia) should be there. “I hope together we will succeed in dialogue establishment,” he concluded.