The Turkish foreign minister spoke about the process of normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations.

Touching upon this topic and the Armenian-Turkish bilateral meetings, Mevlut Cavusoglu told NTV television of Turkey that the Armenian side avoids direct meetings.

"From here I want to tell Armenia that yes, you can be under pressure from the [Armenian] diaspora, but this is certainly not an easy process. We see that the [Armenian] diaspora does not support the settlement process. On the one hand, you say that ‘one day we will normalize relations, [re]open the borders,’ but you still do not dare to organize a meeting in Yerevan and Ankara. If you do not dare to organize a meeting on this issue in our two countries, how will you treat the other issues?

I am not saying this to blame, but the Armenians should be a little brave. What is the reason that you do not want to negotiate in Turkey? We [i.e., Turkey] even say, 'If you do not come to Turkey, we will come to Yerevan.' The Armenians said, 'No, no, let's meet in a third country.' That is, more courageous steps must be taken," the Turkish FM said.