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The monument to Armenia-Turkey friendship, slammed as “a monstrosity” by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dismantled in Kars.

The last pieces of the statue were destroyed within the recent two days and transferred to another place, Hurriyet newspaper reports.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during his visit to Kars, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the monument to Armenia-Turkey friendship “monstrous” and ordered to demolish it.

Former Mayor of Kars Naif Alibeyoglu has always stood for the opening of the Armenia-Turkey border without any preconditions and for this purpose organized a collection of signature in Kars. On his initiative, a large monument was put to represent the Armenian-Turkish friendship and peace. However, Alibeyoglu was defeated in the mayoral elections in 2009. The unfinished monument was put near the old Armenian district of Kars.

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