YEREVAN. – International community and Armenia repeatedly stated the need to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions, spokesperson for Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am commenting on Turkish Foreign Minister's statement.

“It is on the basis of this principle that the process of negotiations with Turkey started in 2008. With this common understanding we started the process and came to an agreement. During  the contacts with our Turkish colleagues, we publicly and clearly stated Armenia would never put under question the fact of the Armenian Genocide or the importance of its international recognition,” Balayan said.

In his recent interview with NTV television, Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu said relations will be settled if Armenia gives up “allegations” about Armenian Genocide and liberates “the occupied territories.”

“As for the Karabakh issue, if Turkey wants to help, they must keep as far away as possible from this process,” he said.