The Turkish government has confirmed that officials from Turkey and Armenia met at the closed border between the two states in early November to discuss practical modalities of its planned partial opening.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian may meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next week on the sidelines of a European summit in Prague, a senior Armenian official confirmed on Thursday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the ceasefire that stopped heavy fighting on their border last week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday voiced full support for Azerbaijan’s military operations on the border with Armenia and blamed Yerevan for them.
The normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations remains conditional on Armenia accepting Azerbaijan’s key demands, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reiterated on Tuesday.
A Turkish envoy in normalization talks with Armenia has offered condolences to his Armenian counterpart on an explosion and fire in a Yerevan shopping center that killed at least six and injured dozens on Sunday.
Official Yerevan does not yet confirm reports in the Turkish media quoting a senior diplomat in Ankara that the next round of talks between special representatives of Turkey and Armenia on normalization will take place in September.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday made the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations conditional on Armenia negotiating a peace accord with Azerbaijan and opening a land corridor to its Nakhichevan exclave.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday warned Armenia against bringing up the status of Nagorno-Karabakh in peace talks with Azerbaijan and again demanded a land corridor passing through Armenian territory.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has signaled concerns about ongoing street protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s conciliatory policy on Azerbaijan, saying that the United States and other foreign partners should increase their support for his government.
Turkey has banned an Armenian airline from flying to and from Europe through its airspace.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov downplayed on Tuesday Armenia's proposals regarding a peace treaty between the two states sought by Baku.
Armenia on Monday denied Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s claims that Ankara and Yerevan have agreed to re-demarcate their closed border.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned an ethnic Armenian member of Turkey’s parliament for demanding that Ankara officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday hit back at opposition leaders and other critics accusing him of planning to recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu complained on Thursday that Armenia remains reluctant to hold the next rounds of Turkish-Armenian negotiations on normalizing bilateral relations in Yerevan or Ankara.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s readiness to formally recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and said Armenia is facing international pressure to scale back its demands on Nagorno-Karabakh’s status.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held on Saturday what he described as “very productive” talks with his visiting Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan which highlighted ongoing attempts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations.
Turkey will continue to coordinate with Azerbaijan its ongoing attempts to normalize relations with neighboring Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reiterated on Thursday.
Turkish and Armenian envoys will meet in Vienna on February 24 for the second round of negotiations on normalizing relations between their countries.
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