Seemingly Turkey shares approach of starting dialogue without preconditions, says Yerevan

Armenia expects that diplomatic ties will be established with Turkey as a result of the dialogue process, and the border between the two countries will be opened, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan said responding to questions from ARMENPRESS ahead of the first meeting between the Armenian and Turkish special envoys planned for January 14.

Hunanyan underscored that the Turkish government seemingly shares the approach of starting the dialogue without preconditions.

ARMENPRESS – What are the main goals that Armenia wants to achieve through the dialogue with Turkey?

Vahan Hunanyan – Armenia’s expectations from this dialogue are essentially the same that were since the 1990s. We expect that as a result of the process diplomatic relations will be established between Armenia and Turkey and the border between the two countries which was unilaterally closed by Turkey itself in the early 90s will be re-opened.

ARMENPRESS – There are opinions claiming that by agreeing to start dialogue with Turkey, Armenia has already accepted Turkey’s preconditions in the context of normalization of relations with Armenia. How would you comment?

Vahan Hunanyan - The Republic of Armenia has always stated its readiness to normalize relations with Turkey without any precondition. In this regard I have to state that Armenia’s stance hasn’t changed, and the same position is refle...