Turkey and Armenia will have their first talks in Moscow, Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told reporters at an annual evaluation meeting in Ankara on Monday.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Ruben Rubinyan will represent Armenia. Turkey appointed its former ambassador to the United States, Serdar Kılıç, as special envoy to lead normalization discussions with Armenia.
“A road map outlining which steps need to be taken to normalize relations needs to be determined by getting in direct contact, including bilateral visits,” Çavuşoğlu said.
Çavuşoğlu underlined that Turkey is coordinating with Azerbaijan regarding steps to be taken with Armenia and said: “I hope Armenia continues on this line. Armenia’s messages are positive, but we want to see actions. We can take trilateral steps.”
“Both Azerbaijan and Turkey may open their borders with Armenia if we reach the point we want,” he added, saying that such a decision would be made in cooperation with Baku.
