Foreign Mirzoyan says Armenia and Türkiye engaged in dynamic dialogue to establish diplomatic relations

Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, in an interview with India’s WION, emphasized the dynamic dialogue with Türkiye aimed at establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Türkiye, as well as opening the borders between the two countries.

“Armenia has four neighbors. The eastern neighbor is Azerbaijan, with whom we are trying to establish peace and interstate relations, closing the page of the enmity in the region. Our western neighbor is Türkiye, with whom Armenia's borders have been closed for more than three decades. Now we have quite a dynamic dialogue with Türkiye. And this dialogue is aimed at establishing diplomatic relations between us and Türkiye and also opening the borders between two countries. So far we have succeeded to have several small but still tangible steps. Some of the agreements have not been implemented,'' clarified Mirzoyan.

 “We have already agreed that the border should be opened first for third country nationals and also Armenian and Turkish nationals, diplomatic passport holders. So this one, the latter, has not been implemented yet, but we continue our dialogue. And again, if the relations are fully normalized, that would be very beneficial, not only for the two countries, but several other players in the region and beyond the region as well,’’ said Mirzoyan.

 As for the other two neighbors of ours, the northern neighbor, Georgia, and southern neighbor, Iran, the Foreign Minister mentioned that Armenia has had very good relations with these two countries for quite a long time and “focused on deepening these ties.”

“ And we understand you asked specifically about Iran, because geographically when we look at India and Armenia, we have the intention to deepen the ties. Of course, we should also pay attention to the countries which are between us. And this is obviously one we are very much interested in deepening our cooperation, including in trilateral format, which you mentioned,’’ said Mirzoyan.