EU hopes for Armenian, Turkish special envoys` meeting in immediate  future - Toivo Klaar

ArmInfo.The European Union supports Armenian-Turkish normalization and hopes that special envoys  of the two countries will meet in the near future, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar told the RFE/Radio Liberty Armenian service, referring to the process of Armenian-Turkish normalization.

Communicating with both Mr. Rubinyan and Mr. Kilic, Mr Klaar heard  the interest of both parties in achieving progress in this direction.  And the European Union, of course, supports this. Therefore, Mr Klaar  hopes that in the near future this process will really move forward  and give results for the sake of Armenia, for the sake of Turkey, for  the sake of the region.

The launch of the process of normalization of relations between  Yerevan and Ankara was announced on December 13, 2021 by Turkish  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. At the same time, he emphasized  that Ankara will act in coordination with Azerbaijan regarding steps  to normalize relations with Armenia. After this, special  representatives of the two countries on this issue were appointed -  Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan and  Ambassador of Turkey Serdar Kilic, who held 4 meetings.

The last meeting took place on July 1, 2022 in Vienna. At that  meeting, the parties agreed to open the land border to citizens of  third countries as soon as possible. However, during this period the  border was opened once, and only for trucks on which the Armenian  government sent humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake in  Turkey. No other visible progress has been registered in  Armenian-Turkish relations since 2022. On the sidelines of the 2024  international diplomatic forum in Antalya, Turkey's Special  Representative for regulating relations with Armenia Serdar Kilic  proposed holding another meeting with the Armenian side in Yerevan.  Rubinyan promised to think about it. There is no decision on this  yet.