Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country will work to improve relations with Armenia.

“We are trying to develop creative ideas, we are trying to cover ground,” Anadolu agency quotes Davutoglu.

“We value the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations,” Davutoglu said. “However, in order for this to be lasting, issues in the South Caucasus, Karabakh dispute in particular, must be solved and the occupation of Azerbaijan's lands must be ended.”

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.