Bilateral Relations
Turkey
General information
Turkey officially recognized the Republic of Armenia on 24 December 1991. Till now Turkey refuses to establish diplomatic relations with te Republic of Armenia.
In 1993, Turkey unilaterally closed its air and land borders with Armenia. The airspace was opened in 1995, but for the opening of the land border and establishment of diplomatic relations Turkey put forward a number of preconditions, particularly, return to Azerbaijan of the areas currently under the control of NKR and abandonment of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Since 1991, attempts have been made to normalize the bilateral relations, which ended unsuccessfully because of Turkey’s position.
In 2008, at the initiative of the President of Armenian a new phase of Armenian-Turkish relations was started. As a result on October 10, 2010 in Zurich the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries signed the “Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey” and “Protocol on development of relations between of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey”. However, after the Protocols were signed, Turkey abruptly changed its position and rejected to implement the agreements on the normalization of the relations within a reasonable timeframe and without any preconditions, linking the ratification of the Protocols in the Grand National Assemlby of Turkey to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
Taking into account the situation created by Turkey, as well as the call of the Political Council of the parties-members of the ruling coalition, on April 22, 2010 the President of the Republic of Armenia signed a decree on the suspension of the process of ratifications of the Protocols.
Visits
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September 6, 2008 |
Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited |
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October 14, 2009 |
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited |
Signed documents
Protocols
“Protocol on development of relations between of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey”
Trade and economic realtions
| Export | Import | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1197.5 | 177648.8 |
| 2010 | 1291.3 | 210381.2 |
Main import goods
food products, products of textile and chemical industries, household goods, etc.
Main export goods
raw and processed leather, jewelry, various metal products