Official Yerevan welcomes Turkiye`s decision to lift barriers to  bilateral trade with Armenia

ArmInfo. Official Yerevan welcomes Turkey's decision to lift barriers to bilateral trade with Armenia, which is another result of the normalization process between Armenia and Turkey. This was stated in a statement by Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan regarding Turkey's  decision to lift barriers to bilateral trade with Armenia.

"This decision is of great importance for expanding trade and  business ties between the two countries, promoting economic  connectivity in the region, and ensuring peace and prosperity. We  emphasize that this is an important step towards the development of  full and normal relations between the two countries, which can  logically continue with the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border  and the establishment of diplomatic relations," the Armenian Foreign  Ministry said in a statement.

It should be noted that Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oncu  Keceli stated on May 13 that, as part of confidence-building measures  being undertaken in the normalization process with Armenia, which has  been ongoing since 2022, bureaucratic preparations for the launch of  direct trade between our country and Armenia had been completed as of  May 11, 2026. He added that the necessary technical and bureaucratic  work to open the common border between the two countries is still  ongoing.

The launch of the normalization process between Armenia and Turkey  was announced on December 13, 2021, by then-Turkish Foreign Minister  Mevlut Cavusoglu. He also emphasized that Ankara would coordinate  with Azerbaijan on steps to normalize relations with Armenia. The  parties appointed special representatives of Turkey and Armenia for  the normalization process, Serdar K?l?c and Ruben Rubinyan, who have  already held several rounds of negotiations, but have not yet  achieved any breakthroughs, other than the launch of air cargo and  passenger services.