15.09.2025 21:03
The Armenian government has decided to remove the symbol of Mount Ararat from the stamps on passports for entry and exit from the country. In a statement regarding the decision, which will take effect on November 1, 2025, it was stated, "The stamps have been made compatible with the modern requirements of crossing borders and the true ideology of Armenia."
While the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia continues, a notable move has come from Yerevan.
THE MOUNTAIN OF ARARAT SYMBOL REMOVED FROM PASSPORTS
The government has decided to remove the Ararat Mountain symbol from the stamps placed on passports for entry and exit to the country. This decision will take effect on November 1, 2025, and stamps featuring the Ararat Mountain symbol will no longer be used.
"ADJUSTED TO THE TRUE ARMENIA IDEOLOGY"
Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan stated, "The reason for the decision is very simple. The stamps have been adjusted to the modern requirements of crossing borders and the true Armenia ideology."
TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS
There are no diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia. The borders between the two countries have been closed since 1993. Ankara and Yerevan have been holding talks at the level of special representatives since 2022 to open the border for citizens of third countries and normalize bilateral relations.
The first meeting regarding the normalization process between the two countries was held on January 14, 2022, in Moscow between representatives of Turkey and Armenia. In a meeting held on July 1, 2022, in Vienna between the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey responsible for normalizing bilateral relations, Ruben Rubinyan and Ambassador Serdar Kılıç, an agreement was reached to allow citizens of third countries to cross the Armenia-Turkey land border and to start direct cargo flights between the two countries as soon as possible.
Last June, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who was on a working visit to Turkey. In the meeting held at the Presidential Working Office in Dolmabahçe, steps that could be taken within the scope of the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia, as well as the peace and dialogue process in the South Caucasus and regional developments, were discussed.