Special envoy of Turkiye arrives in Armenia 

ArmInfo.  Turkey's Special Representative for the Normalization of Relations between Armenia and Turkey Serdar Kilic has arrived in Armenia.

As reported by "Armenpress", Serdar Kilic was met by the Special  Representative for the Normalization of Relations with Turkey Ruben  Rubinyan at the Margara checkpoint on the Armenian-Turkish border.

The then Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the  launch of the normalization process on December 13, 2021. At the same  time, he emphasized that Ankara would act in coordination with  Azerbaijan regarding steps to normalize relations with Armenia. After  that, Armenia and Turkey appointed special representatives for  settlement issues. Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States  Serdar Kilic took up this position from Ankara, and Deputy Chairman  of the Parliament Ruben Rubinyan from Yerevan.  Yerevan and Ankara  held several rounds of negotiations.

During the 4th round of negotiations on July 1, 2022 in Vienna, the  parties agreed to ensure the possibility of crossing the  Armenian-Turkish land border for third-country nationals visiting  Armenia and Turkey, respectively, as soon as possible, and decided to  begin the necessary processes in this direction. However, this  agreement has remained on paper for now.

The parties also agreed to begin direct air transportation of goods  between Armenia and Turkey as soon as possible and decided to begin  the necessary processes in this direction. Finally, the parties once  again emphasized their agreement to continue the normalization  process without preconditions.