Fifth meeting of Armenian-Turkish Special Representatives to be held on 30 July on Armenian-Turkish border

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YEREVAN, 29 July. /ARKA/. Special Representatives for the normalization process between Armenia and Turkey, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan and Ambassador Serdar Kılıç will hold their 5th meeting on the Armenian-Turkish border on 30 July, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports./pp

Their previous meeting was held July 1, 2022 in Vienna, Austria./pp

They were said to have agreed to enable the crossing of the land border between Armenia and Turkey by third-country citizens visiting Armenia and Turkey respectively at the earliest date possible and decided to initiate the necessary process to that end./pp

They also agreed on commencing direct air cargo trade between Armenia and Turkey at the earliest possible date and decided to initiate the necessary process to that effect./pp

Furthermore, they discussed other possible concrete steps that can be undertaken towards achieving the ultimate goal of full normalization between their respective countries./pp

Finally, they reemphasized their agreement to continue the normalization process without preconditions./pp

On March 1, 2024, Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Hakan Fidan at a meeting in Antalya reaffirmed their readiness to achieve full normalisation of relations and exchanged thoughts on possible concrete steps in this direction. -0-/pp/p