Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Erdoğan and Pashinyan discussed contacts between Ankara and Yerevan, as well as regional and international issues. Erdoğan said Türkiye supported normalization in bilateral trade and transport with Armenia.
The President of Türkiye emphasized the need to preserve the positive momentum in relations. Erdoğan also said he welcomed the reciprocal steps taken in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Erdoğan said developing cooperation between Türkiye and Armenia within the framework of international organizations would contribute to the normalization process. In this context, he invited Pashinyan to the world leaders' summit held as part of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), which will be held in Türkiye.
Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also attended the meeting.