No one crossed Armenian-Turkish border. If someone tried we would interfere, Deputy Chief of Border Service, Russian Federal Security Service, Colonel Andrey Guzeyev told NEWS.am asked to comment on the information spread by Turkish press.

According to him, situation on the Armenian-Turkish border is controlled, all attempts to cross it illegally are thwarted. 

Under inter-state agreement the Armenian-Turkish border is guarded by Russian border troops. The border was unilaterally closed by Turkey that supported Azerbaijan on Karabakh issue.  

As NEWS.am reported earlier referring to Turkish Zaman newspaper, leader of Strong Turkey Party (GTP) Tuna Beklevic, deputy chairperson Baybars Orsek, Head of the party’s provincial office in Kars Dundar Gultekin and other officials crossed the Armenia-Turkey border along the River Araks and entered Armenia as a sign of protest.

According to the newspaper, Beklevic stated if the border remains closed till 2011, over 1000 Armenians and 1000 Turkish youths will cross the border this way. “We demand a positive response on the border opening from the Turkish and Armenian Governments,” the GDP leader said.

On October 10, the Turkish mass media disseminated the information.