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Armenia: Political Football

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Middle East & North Africa, Armenia, Turkey, History, International Relations, Sport, War & Conflict

Unzipped comments on an opinion piece by Armenia's new president published by the Wall Street Journal in which Serge Sargsyan hopes that September's Armenia-Turkey football World Cup qualifying match in Yerevan can be the catalyst for amicable relations between the two countries [1]. Currently the border between Armenia and Turkey is closed.