Armenian FM says border with Türkiye could open within months

Armenia and Türkiye may soon take a major step toward normalisation as Yerevan signals readiness to open their long-closed border.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in an interview with Deutsche Welle that dialogue between the two neighbours is progressing positively on multiple levels — involving leaders, foreign ministers, special envoys, and technical groups.

“We have a very good dialogue with Türkiye on many levels — between leaders, foreign ministers, special envoys, and technical teams,” Caliber.Az quotes Mirzoyan as saying.

According to him, both sides are showing mutual willingness to restore ties that have been frozen since the early 1990s. “I personally see no obstacle to opening the Armenian–Turkish border or to establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Türkiye,” the minister stated.

Mirzoyan noted that Ankara has also expressed readiness to reopen borders, restore railway links, and resume direct bilateral trade, even without formal diplomatic relations.

“I believe that in the coming weeks and months we will achieve tangible progress in this direction. It’s a matter of, I don’t know, at most a few months. That’s my perception. We’ll see,” he added.

By  Vugar Khalilov