The Turkish government responded negatively once again to a demand from the United States to open the Armenian border. During his visit to Turkey U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried urged the Turkish government to reevaluate the Armenian border. Ankara, however, acted unenthusiastically to the issue at hand. Turkish officials classified the “Armenian cessation of its invasion of the Karabakh region” as one of the three requirements for the appeasement of relations between Turkey and Armenia. Turkey is also pushing Armenia to “disavow its allegations of the Armenian Genocide and to remove from the Armenian constitution the anti-Turkish clauses,” reported Zaman.
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