Despite Turkey’s participation in the forthcoming NATO exercise has not been confirmed yet, opening of the border is not ruled out, secretary of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Artyusha Shahbazyan told NEWS.am.

He stressed that such actions cannot serve as a precedent for the final opening of the border. This step is made within the general framework of propaganda of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, he added.

Head of the Heritage parliamentary group Armen Martirosyan noted that one should not expect border opening in the near future despite studying of the road sections near the border. According to him, opening of the border within the framework of NATO exercise cannot be considered a solution to the existing problem.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, Igdir province Governor instructed the experts to study a road section bordering with Armenian-Turkish frontier. The measures may be undertaken to ensure Turkey’s participation in the Armenia 2010 exercise to be held in Kotayk region on September 11-17.