Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he expects to present Parliament with documents to establish diplomatic ties with Armenia by early October, just before a critical meeting between the nations' two leaders, reported Reuters.

Erdogan, in a broad-ranging foreign policy speech before faculty and students at Princeton University said the negotiations “have really taken us to an important position.” “If we don't see prejudice or some domestic political considerations at play, I believe the preparation for an agreement, which has been initialed between Turkey and Armenia could be taken to Parliament to be ratified. We hope to take those steps by the 10th or 11th of next month,” Erdogan said through a translator.

Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic ties and share a history of animosity stemming from the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One.

Turkey denies the 1915 killings amounted to genocide, but has agreed to set up a commission of international experts on the issue under the protocol it signed with Armenia.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said he would not travel to the game, the first leg of which Turkish President Abdullah Gul watched last year in Yerevan, unless the border has reopened or there are clear signs it is about to open.

In his turn, the Turklish leader said: “If the Turkish President can easily go to Armenia to watch a game then it should be just as easy and simple for the Armenian President” to come to Turkey. “I think asking for certain conditions to be met to decide to come is not the right way forward in international politics anymore,” he said.

Erdogan reiterated its foreign policy is based upon having zero problems with its neighbors.