Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan received Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish parliament, on Saturday, the press secretary of the former president Arman Musinyan reported.

"At the meeting, which lasted more than two hours, the prospects for the settlement of Armenian-Turkish relations were discussed. Jirayr Liparytian, chief advisor to the first president, also participated in the conversation," Musinyan noted.