Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Türkiye may open the border with neighbouring Armenia only upon normalisation of relations between this country and Azerbaijan.

“A negotiation process is ongoing between Azerbaijan and Armenia. We need to prepare our scenario in case of its positive conclusion and work is underway in this direction. If it is finalised, we will activate the positive scenario, i.e. we can open our gates on the border,” the Turkish minister said, according to Turkish media. 

Earlier it was reported that Turkish and Armenian special representatives Serdar Kilic and Ruben Rubinyan held a meeting at the border of the two countries on July 30, reaffirming their intention to continue the process of normalisation of bilateral relations without preconditions.