Armenian, Turkish FMs discuss bilateral agenda 

ArmInfo. On April 12, on the margins of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye Hakan Fidan.

The Ministers discussed current items in Armenia-Turkiye bilateral  agenda.

Views were exchanged also on regional and international developments.

On July 30, 2024, the special representatives of Turkey and Armenia  for the normalization process, Serdar Kilic and Ruben Rubinyan, held  the 5th round of talks on the Turkish-Armenian border, after a  two-year break. The meeting took place on the Armenian side in the  morning and on the Turkish side in the afternoon. It should be added  that the 4th round of talks took place on July 1, 2022 in Vienna. At  that time, the parties agreed to ensure the possibility of crossing  the Armenian-Turkish land border for third-country citizens visiting  Armenia and Turkey, respectively, as soon as possible, and decided to  begin the necessary processes in this direction.

They also agreed to launch direct air cargo transportation between  Armenia and Turkey as soon as possible and decided to initiate the  necessary processes in this direction. Finally, the parties once  again emphasized their agreement to continue the normalization  process without preconditions. The launch of the normalization  process was announced on December 13, 2021 by then Turkish Foreign  Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. He emphasized that Ankara will act in  coordination with Azerbaijan regarding steps to normalize relations  with Armenia.