ArmInfo.Turkey is reopening the Alijan checkpoint on the border with Armenia. Armenian Parliament Vice Speaker Ruben Rubinyan told to reporters at the National Assembly, referring to the agreements reached with Turkey regarding the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border to third-country citizens and persons with diplomatic passports. The parliamentarian recalled that the corresponding agreement between Yerevan and Ankara was reached in the summer of 2022.
"I can only report what is publicly known: Turkey is reopening the Alijan checkpoint," he said, adding that he did not want to go into details to avoid disrupting the process.
Rubinyan also mentioned Armenia's stance on opening the border with Turkey, noting that Yerevan has always advocated for the complete unblocking of the Armenian-Turkish border and the establishment of diplomatic relations as soon as possible. "Nothing has changed in this regard," the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament added.
Regarding the fact that Turkey continues to link the border opening process with the normalization of Armenia's relations with Azerbaijan, he noted that the process of normalizing Armenian-Turkish and the Armenian-Azerbaijani process are different processes. "Since they are occurring in the same region, they may be interconnected. However, progress in the Armenian-Turkish peace process will not only not hinder the Armenian-Azerbaijani process, but may even facilitate it and give it new impetus," Rubinyan believes.
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament also noted that the progress achieved in Armenian- Azerbaijani relations cannot be overlooked, citing the Washington Declaration of August 8, 2025, the partial lifting of the blockade, and other steps in this direction. "Overall, all the processes are developing in a positive direction; certain results have already been achieved, and new achievements are expected," Rubinyan concluded.
Recall, Serdar K?l?c, Turkey's special representative in the negotiations on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, announced in January 2024 that Armenia and Turkey had reached an agreement to give new impetus to efforts to open the border to third-country nationals. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the launch of the normalization process on December 13, 2021. He emphasized that Ankara will work closely with Azerbaijan to facilitate the normalization of relations with Armenia. Several rounds of talks have since taken place between the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey. The parties agreed in the summer of 2022 to open the border to third-country nationals. However, the border remains closed.
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