A meeting between the representatives of a number of departments from Armenia and Turkey was held last month at the border of the two countries, Ruben Rubinyan, deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament and Armenia’s special representative for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, informed about this to the RFE/RL Armenian service

However, the parties did not provide any official information about the meeting on those days.

Even today, Rubinyan did not reveal many details, and just said: "The technical needs that will enable to operate the Akhurik/Akyaka railway border crossing were assessed. The meeting was held in a positive and constructive atmosphere."

Ruben Rubinyan has said several times that success depends on the political will of Turkey. Armenia expects not only the implementation of the agreements reached with Turkey, but also the complete normalization of relations with this country without any preconditions.

Turkey, however, openly states that its reconciliation with Armenia is directly related to the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.