By Seyhmus Cakan NUSAYBIN, Turkey, July 4 (Reuters) - Turkey aims to complete mine clearance along its border with Syria this month before opening a border crossing businessmen hope will spur the local economy by opening it to trade with their southern neighbour. The initiative marks a fresh step in improving relations between the two countries which came close to conflict a decade ago over the presence in Syria of Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan. German firm Tauber began the mine clearance late last month at the site of the closed border crossing of Nusaybin in southeast Turkey, which borders northeast Syria. It will clear some 200 mines near the crossing, easing the area's isolation. "We've been isolated for a long time. As soon as the mine clearance is done, construction will begin on a new border crossing for our...
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