"Engaging Turkey
Published: September 8 2009 19:59 | Last updated: September 8 2009 19:59
Turkey and Armenia, neighbours divided by bitter conflict for almost a century, are intent on early diplomatic recognition and reopening their long-closed border. That was the good news that slipped out last week. The plan still has to get mutual parliamentary approval. There is strong nationalist opposition on both sides. But the Swiss-mediated negotiations have made much better progress than was expected."
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