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Monday, May 04, 2009

Turkey Weighs Ending Economic Embargo on Armenia

"Turkey Weighs Ending Economic Embargo on Armenia
By Dorian Jones
Istanbul
04 May 2009

Turkey's 16-year trade embargo against Armenia is one of the longest such sanctions in the world. Ankara enforced the embargo in solidarity with Azerbaijan, after Armenian forces occupied nearly 20 percent of Azeri territory during a war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. But a growing rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia is giving hope the embargo may be lifted."

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