Turkey has opened a border crossing for aid shipments from the country 30 years after closing its border with Armenia in the South Caucasus. The trucks passed through the border post on Saturday to bring aid to the earthquake zone, the Armenian foreign ministry in the capital Yerevan said. The border between the warring states has been closed since 1993. Armenia had previously flown helpers to Turkey.
As the Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported, five trucks passed through the border post in Turkey’s Igdir province. This was last possible in 1988 after an earthquake in the former Soviet Republic of Armenia. “Let’s get something good out of this great catastrophe. Solidarity saves lives!” tweeted Turkish-Armenian politician Garo Paylan.
Turkey unilaterally closed the land border in 1993 in solidarity with its sister state Azerbaijan. For Armenia, which is still in a bloody conflict with Azerbaijan over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh, this meant serious economic problems. The relationship between Ankara and Yerevan is under heavy strain. The two neighboring countries have maintained diplomatic contacts since the end of 2021.
(dsc/sda/dpa)
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