Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hopes one day Armenians and Turks would be good friends.

Speaking at the conference held in Canada, Davutoglu touched upon Armenia-Turkey protocols, saying Ankara “signed a protocol with Armenia and we announced that we are ready to discuss all historical events”, Anadolu agency reports.

“I hope that one day the relations between Turkey and Armenia would reach a perfect level and Turks and Armenians would be good friends,” he said.

In October 2009 Armenia and Turkey signed protocols in Zurich to normalize diplomatic relations between the states. The documents had to be ratified in both countries’ parliaments. However, in 2010 the Armenian president suspended the process due to Turkey’s non-constructive stance. Ankara set preconditions and linked the reconciliation process to resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Finally, Turkey decided to remove the protocols from parliament’s agenda.