Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The meeting addressed contacts between Ankara and Yerevan, as well as regional and international issues. Erdoğan said Türkiye supported the process of normalizing relations with Armenia in the areas of bilateral trade and transportation.
Erdoğan stressed the importance of maintaining the positive momentum in relations. The Türkiye president also said he welcomed the reciprocal steps taken in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Erdoğan said developing cooperation between Türkiye and Armenia within the framework of international organizations would contribute to the normalization process. He invited Pashinyan to the world leaders’ summit to be held in Türkiye as part of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31).
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also attended the meeting.