Turkish and Armenian envoys to meet in Moscow next week

The two representatives will meet to discuss normalizing relations between the neighboring countries for the first time in decades.
Turkey Kilic
Serdar Kilic, then Turkey's ambassador to the US, watches as a Turkish military cargo plane with medical supplies and protective equipment to combat COVID-19 in the US is unloaded at Andrews Air Force Base April 28, 2020, in Maryland. Kilic is now Turkey's envoy to Armenia. - BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
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Special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will meet for the first time on January 14 in Moscow, their respective foreign ministries announced on Wednesday.

Ankara and Yerevan lack diplomatic relations. But in December, the neighboring countries agreed to name special envoys to lay the groundwork for normalization. 

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