Armenia has offered the Turkish side to open the land border for holders of diplomatic passports as a first stage. Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan stated about this in an interview with Armenpress news agency—and regarding the avenues for the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations.

“We are convinced that the only way forward is to undertake consistent clear steps. For example, we offered the Turkish side to open the land border for holders of diplomatic passports as a first stage, but the Turkish side is hesitating. We think this will be a small but substantive, importantly, logical step. We hope it will be possible to achieve a result on this issue,” Hunanyan said.