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Türkiye supports normalizing trade and transport links with Armenia and wants to build on recent positive momentum in bilateral relations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a meeting in New York on Wednesday.
The two leaders met at the Turkish House on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, according to Türkiye's Communications Directorate. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also attended.
Erdogan and Pashinyan discussed bilateral relations along with regional and global issues, the Communications Directorate said in a statement.
Erdogan told Pashinyan that Türkiye backs the normalization process underway in trade and transport between the two countries, adding that sustaining the positive momentum in relations was important.
He also said Türkiye welcomed reciprocal steps taken as part of the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and noted that expanding cooperation between Ankara and Yerevan within international organizations was helping advance normalization.
Erdogan invited Pashinyan to attend the COP31 Leaders' Summit, which Türkiye is set to host. No further details on the summit's dates or agenda were included in the statement.
Türkiye and Armenia have not maintained formal diplomatic relations for much of the post-Soviet era, and their shared border has remained closed since the early 1990s amid tensions linked to the Karabakh conflict.
The two countries appointed special envoys and began a normalization dialogue in the early 2020s, part of a broader diplomatic realignment in the South Caucasus following Azerbaijan's 2020 war with Armenia over Karabakh.
Wednesday's meeting in New York adds to a series of high-level contacts between Ankara and Yerevan in recent years aimed at restoring trade, transport and diplomatic ties.
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