Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has invited his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan to attend an international conference that will be held in Turkey in March.
Special envoys named by Armenia and Turkey will likely hold their first meeting in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
Turkey and Armenia have said that they will appoint soon special envoys for bilateral negotiations on normalizing their relations.
Turkey has made more overtures to Armenia, calling on Yerevan to embrace its “offer of peace” to improve historically strained relations between the two neighbors.
Azerbaijan on Tuesday condemned Armenia’s Defense Minister Arshak Karapetian for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh ahead of the first anniversary of a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped last year’s Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Azerbaijan insisted on Friday that Armenia must recognize its territorial integrity and sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh through a “peace treaty” proposed by Baku.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have still not begun negotiations on demarcating their contested border, a senior Armenian diplomat insisted on Thursday.
Armenia is discussing with Russia ways of normalizing its relations with Turkey, a senior Armenian official said on Thursday.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has offered to meet with him for talks on improving Turkish-Armenian relations.
Turkey will not hesitate to send troops to Azerbaijan if such a request is made by Baku, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said late on Wednesday amid continuing hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit out at the United States, Russia and France on Sunday, alleging that the three countries co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group are supplying weapons to Armenia.
Turkey’s strong support for Azerbaijan makes it a party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday.
Armenia’s government is evacuating at least 70 Armenian citizens from coronavirus-hit Turkey in coordination with Turkish and Georgian authorities, the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan said on Thursday.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned on Wednesday a U.S. congressional resolution recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, calling it the “biggest insult” to the Turkish people.
Representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations during the 25th anniversary summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation held in Istanbul on Monday, with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voicing objections to the speech of the Armenian deputy foreign minister.
Armenia has again spoken out against Turkey’s involvement in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, citing Ankara’s full and unconditional support for Azerbaijan.
Turkey urged the world’s predominantly Muslim states on Tuesday to set up a joint “contact group” that would strive for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict acceptable to Azerbaijan, its closest regional ally.
