Armenia is currently conducting quite a dynamic dialogue with Turkey. This was stated by Armenian foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan in an interview with the Indian media outlet WION.

“Armenia has four neighbors. The eastern neighbor is Azerbaijan, with whom we are trying to establish peace and interstate relations, closing the page of the enmity in the region. Our western neighbor is Türkiye, with whom Armenia's borders have been closed for more than three decades. Now we have quite a dynamic dialogue with Türkiye. And this dialogue is aimed at establishing diplomatic relations between us and Türkiye and also opening the borders between two countries. So far we have succeeded to have several small but still tangible steps. Some of the agreements have not been implemented,” the Armenian FM said.

Mirzoyan noted that they have already agreed that the border should be opened first for third country nationals and also Armenian and Turkish nationals, diplomatic passport holders.

“So this one, the latter, has not been implemented yet, but we continue our dialogue. And again, if the relations are fully normalized, that would be very beneficial, not only for the two countries, but several other players in the region and beyond the region as well. As for the other two neighbors of ours, the northern neighbor, Georgia, and southern neighbor, Iran, we have had very good relations with these two countries for quite a long time. And we are focused on deepening these ties. And we understand you asked specifically about Iran, because geographically when we look at India and Armenia, we have the intention to deepen the ties. Of course, we should also pay attention to the countries which are between us. And this is obviously one we are very much interested in deepening our cooperation, including in trilateral format,” the Armenian FM added.