Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Hunanyan has answered several questions of Armenpress news agency about the Armenia-Turkey normalization process ahead of the first meeting between the Armenian and Turkish special envoys scheduled for January 14.
Question: What are the main objectives the Armenian side tends to achieve through the Armenia-Turkey dialogue?
Answer: Armenia's expectations from this dialogue, in fact, have not changed since the early 1990s. We expect that diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey will be established as a result of the process, and the border between the two countries, which was unilaterally closed by Turkey in the early 1990s, will be opened.
Question: It's been argued that by agreeing to launch a dialogue with Turkey, Armenia accepts the preconditions that Turkey has always put forward in the context of normalization of relations with Armenia. How would you comment on that?
Answer: The Republic of Armenia has repeatedly stated about its readiness to normalize relations with Turkey without any preconditions. In this regard, I should note that Armenia’s approach has not changed; the same position is reflected in the 2021-2026 program of the Government of...
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