Pashinyan announced that Armenia and Turkey are approaching diplomatic relations

Armenia and Turkey are close to establishing diplomatic relations and fully opening borders.

As reported by TASS, this was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Dublin Institute of International and European Affairs.

"We are working with Turkey, and over the past years there have been significant changes in our relations. We have bilateral trade, as Turkey has opened roads for exports and imports to Armenia, although not directly through our land border, but through the territory of Georgia," Pashinyan noted. "I am confident that in the near future we will reach a full settlement and normalization of relations, since two days ago I had a positive meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and [we] noted that we are close to the final step — establishing diplomatic relations and fully opening borders."

In 2009, in Zurich, the foreign ministers of the two countries signed protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and on the principles of bilateral relations, but these documents were not ratified by the parties. On March 1, 2018, Armenia announced the annulment of the protocols. In 2021, Armenia and Turkey appointed special representatives for normalization issues. On September 12, 2025, the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey held a meeting at the "Margara" border checkpoint to discuss the normalization process. They confirmed their readiness to make efforts to implement previously reached agreements, which means opening borders for citizens of third countries and holders of diplomatic passports.