Sait Biner, a participant in the business conference in the framework of the project Support to Armenia-Turkey Relations Improvement of the Union of Armenian Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers), who represented Aysnis, a Van-based touristic company, complained during a conversation with www.aravot.am that he had spent quite much time to get to Armenia, “We travelled a one-hour road in 5 hours. And it is very bad. It is very important to solve the issue of opening the Armenia-Turkey border. We have come here for a different purpose, but we will also discuss the issue of opening the border, because if there is a shortcut, why should one extend it?”
Sait Biner is convinced that businessmen can exert influence in terms of opening the border. In his words, “Admittedly, we have different views, I am here as a representative of the Kurdish people and not Turkey, but we don’t have a hostile perception of Armenians or Turks. Our goal here is that governments, seeing our cooperation, warm relations, think of
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opening the borders,” he stated adding that hostilities had a negative impact on Turkey’s business activities, for example, the hostilities in Syria had inflicted serious damage on businessmen, “Now all our business connections with Syria are suspended for obvious reasons.”
Eva HAKOBYAN
