Armenia's Pashinyan, Turkey's Erdogan to hold 'historic' talks amid Iran-Israel war
The meeting comes as both countries weigh the fallout of a widening regional conflict and rising tensions along their shared border with Iran.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Turkey this week for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the first formal meeting of its kind between the historically hostile neighbors who share a common border with Iran.
Pashinyan confirmed that he would travel to Turkey on Friday at Erdogan’s invitation.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan called the planned meeting between the two leaders “historic.”
The two countries have no diplomatic relations and their land border has remained sealed since 1993 by Turkey in a gesture of solidarity with Azerbaijan. Pashinyan traveled to Turkey to attend the 2023 inauguration ceremony for Erdogan when he was reelected for a second term.
