By Trend
Armenia is ready to normalize relations with Turkey, Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting on
Sept.8, Trend reports referring to the Armenian
media.
According to Pashinyan, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan publicly commented on the possibility of normalizing
relations with Armenia.
"In these statements, we see an opportunity to discuss the
normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations, the restoration of road
and rail links. We are ready for such a conversation, which can get
a broader context," the prime minister noted.
He noted that Russia expressed its readiness to assist this
process.
“The EU, in particular France, and the US are also interested in
this process,” added Pashinyan.
The relations between Armenia and Turkey deteriorated due to
Armenia's occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories,
including the Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts, in
the first Karabakh war in the 1990s, after which diplomatic ties,
as well as transport communications between the two countries, were
suspended.
Following over a month of military action to liberate its
territories from Armenian occupation from late Sept. to early Nov.
2020, Azerbaijan has pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document.
A joint statement on the matter was made by the Azerbaijani
president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia.
A complete ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities in the
zone of the Karabakh conflict were introduced on Nov. 10, 2020.
On Jan.11, 2021, a meeting was held between the Azerbaijani
president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia in Moscow, at
which the parties agreed to restore all transport communications in
the region which were closed due to the Armenian occupation of
Azerbaijani territories.
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