Armenia supports Turkey's peace initiatives

Armenia hails Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s statement on the appointment of a special representative to normalize relations with Yerevan and will assign its own envoy to start a dialogue, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan stated on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

"Armenia is always ready to [launch] the process of normalizing relations with Turkey without any preconditions, which is stated in the Armenian government’s program. So, we positively view the statement made by the Turkish Foreign Minister regarding the appointment of a special representative to normalize relations and confirm that the Armenian side will also appoint its own envoy to start the talks," the spokesperson noted.

On December 13, the Turkish top diplomat said that Ankara and Yerevan would appoint special representatives to normalize relations in the near future.

On December 10, the first meeting of the "3+3" Consultative Regional Platform was held in Moscow under the co-chairmanship of Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Azerbaijan's Khalaf Khalafov, Armenia's Vahe Gevorkian, Turkey's Sedat Onal, as well as Director General of the Eurasia Department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Alireza Haghighian.