Armenian foreign minister confident of full normalization with Türkiye soon

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said that the normalization process with Türkiye continues and that new progress could be achieved soon. He made the remarks at a joint committee hearing in parliament on the Pashinyan administration’s 2025 budget performance report.

“Our dialogue with Türkiye has continued; meetings of the working group established for the reopening of the Gyumri–Kars railway have taken place, as well as several other meetings,” Mirzoyan told lawmakers.

He added that tangible results in the normalization process may be possible in the near future.

“My expectation and belief is that in the very near future, at some stage, we will have tangible progress in terms of the full normalization of our relations with Türkiye,” the minister noted.

Mirzoyan also expressed confidence that the normalization process will reach its logical conclusion.

“I want to express confidence that in the near future we will, in fact, have full normalization,” he stated.

The Foreign Minister also highlighted that direct trade between the two countries already exists.

“Let me mention only the latest development. Although it does not relate to the reporting period, we now have direct trade between Armenia and Türkiye—direct in a customs sense, geographically, although it still takes place through third countries,” Mirzoyan said.