Armenia–Turkey Relations
Armenia Turkey checkpoint to temporarily open for humanitarian aid to Syria
The checkpoint was previously opened in 2023 in order for Armenia to send humanitarian aid to Turkey following the Turkey–Syria earthquake.
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Pashinyan speaks to Turkish media in ‘unprecedented event’
During the interview, Pashinyan discussed Armenia–Turkey relations and the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace negotiations.
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Pashinyan accused of ‘ignorance’ after controversial statement on Armenian Genocide
Pashinyan’s government has previously been accused of promoting Armenian Genocide denial.
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Turkey renews calls for ‘Zangezur corridor’
The chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee has called on Armenia to change its constitution and to open the ‘Zangezur corridor’ — a proposal to link mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan. The calls were made by the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee Chair, Fuat Oktay, on Saturday. He expressed his country’s readiness to normalise relations with Armenia, adding that they will ‘do it together with Azerbaijan’. He added that Ankara ‘fully suppor
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Armenian and Turkish wrestlers disqualified after brawl
An Armenian and a Turkish wrestler were disqualified from a championship in Albania after they got into a brawl mid-match. The incident took place during a match between the two wrestlers, Lyova Gevoryan and Hakan Buykcingil, at the U23 World Championship in Albania. The two athletes began brawling mid-match, leading to both of them being disqualified. The short video of the match circulating online shows the Turkish wrestler shoving Gevorgyan, who is then seen slapping Buyukcingil before
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Lavrov says Russia is being left out of Armenia-Turkey normalisation talks
On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Armenia had ‘taken a break’ and preferred direct bilateral talks with Turkey to normalise relations. ‘There are no meetings planned yet, our Armenian colleagues have taken a break,’ the Russian state-run media outlet TASS quoted Lavrov, following the third meeting of the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform held in Istanbul, Turkey. The 3+3 format meeting includes Turkey, Iran, and Russia on one side, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and, t
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Armenian MP accused of promoting Genocide denial
An Armenian MP has come under fire for claiming that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for the compilation of the names of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. MP Andranik Kocharyan, the chair of the Armenian Parliament’s Defence Committee, claimed on Sunday that Pashinyan aimed to make a complete list of victims to ‘build real foundations’ for documentation the Armenian Genocide. He stated the following day that the creation of the list was ‘very important for building our relations in
