18.06.2025 20:52
A new chapter is opening in Turkey-Armenia relations. It has been announced that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Turkey on June 20 at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan stated in his remarks regarding the visit, "This is a historic visit. Because this will be the first visit of an Armenian leader at this level."
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Turkey at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
PASHINYAN COMING TO TURKEY AT ERDOĞAN'S INVITATION
This development was announced by Fahrettin Altun, the Director of Communications of the Presidency. In a statement on his social media account, Altun said, "Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will make a working visit to our country on June 20. Our President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will host Mr. Pashinyan in Istanbul."
"A HISTORIC VISIT"
On the other hand, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan stated to reporters regarding Pashinyan's visit, "(In the meeting) All regional issues will be discussed. This is a historic visit. Because this will be the first visit of an Armenian leader at this level."
TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS
There are no diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia. The borders of 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 to 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 Armenia and Turkey. In the 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.
2 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE LAST CONTACT
The last contact between President Erdoğan and Pashinyan took place on June 5, 2023. On this date, Pashinyan visited Turkey to attend Erdoğan's inauguration ceremony, marking the first visit of an Armenian leader to Turkey since 2009.
Source: AA / İHA
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