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Nov 25, 2014

BORDER TROUBLES * Europe: Lithuania/Russia - Turkey/Armenia

* Lithuania - Russia barring Lithuania cars, trucks
(Photo: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania: Cars from Lithuania to Russia fall 90% in a month) Vilnius,Lithuania -Press TV -Nov 24, 2014: -- Lithuania says Moscow is preventing the entry of Lithuanian commercial and private cars and trucks into Russian territory... On Monday, Lithuanian Interior Minister, Saulius Skvernelis, said, "Lithuanian cars and trucks are virtually not allowed into Russia" ... Russia has suspended customs procedures for Lithuanian trucks, which are now stranded at either the border or customs points, according to Lithuania’s National Road Carriers' Association... “There are verbal instructions to stop all procedures for cargo from Lithuania and cargo transported by Lithuanian vehicles," said association’s president, Algimantas Kondrusevicius... Lithuanian President, Dalia Grybauskaite, has called Russia a "terrorist state" over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the conflict that has been going on in Ukraine since November 2013...


* Turkey - Indirect diplomacy: Turkey’s plan of third border crossing point with Armenia

Ankara,Turkey -APA (Azerbaijan) -24 November 2014: -- Turkish-Armenian relations are entering into a new stage. The main factor in this stage is the psychological pressures on Ankara regarding the 100th anniversary of so-called Armenian genocide. Turkey, which was unable to predict the increase of pressures on the eve of 2015 and has no A, B, C plans against it, is gradually losing its positions on the relations with Armenia... The cards that Ankara has on this issue are the dividends caused by closed borders, lack of diplomatic relations, the psychological advantage gained by failure of implementation of the Zurich Protocols due to refusal by Armenia, and Yerevan’s unwillingness to establish a joint commission on history... Unfortunately, these resources have not been used over the past years, on the other hand, we regret to observe how Turkey, which takes a defeatist positions, is still obeying the pressures regarding the opening of border with Armenia...

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