The Armenian side is ready to fully operate the Margara checkpoint on the Armenian-Turkish border at any time. Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia, Eduard Hakobyan, announced this at a press conference Tuesday—and referring to the press reports a few days ago that the Turkish side is carrying out accelerated work on the opening of its Alican border checkpoint with Armenia.

"We are informed about the activeness of the Turkish side to the extent that you, that is, we are informed about the amount of public information. In fact, there is activeness, work in that direction, and when our colleagues conducting foreign policy give us signals, we will have such an instruction. We, for our part, are ready to fully provide this border service," assured the Armenian SRC chairman.

Hakobyan noted that they visit the Margara checkpoint on a regular basis and inform about. According to him, this infrastructure was fully ready and renovated a year ago, and there is also a necessary group of employees who will begin to provide border services when a relevant decision is made.

“From the perspective of the future, it will be very important to understand over time what flows, services are being provided through this checkpoint, and within this framework, we will consider whether it is necessary to expand it, re-equip it or not,” concluded the Armenian SRC chief.

Earlier, we reported that Firat Tasolar, the governor Turkey’s Igdir Province which borders Armenia, personally inspected the reconstruction and modernization work being carried out at Turkey’s Alican border crossing.

Armenia and Turkey have not had diplomatic relations since 1991, and their state border has been closed since 1993, by the decision of Ankara.