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Armenia-Turkey: end of century-long loathing?

Published: 11 October, 2009, 13:27
Edited: 12 March, 2010, 13:39


Armenia's Foreign Minister Edouard Nalbandian (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) signing documents in Zurich on October 10, 2009. (AFP Photo/Pool/Christian Hartmann)

Armenia and Turkey have signed a historic agreement to open their shared border. It has been closed for 17 years and the feud between the countries has been ongoing for nearly a century.

 
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