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Pashinyan: Azerbaijan has reservations about opening Armenia–Türkiye border
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the border with Türkiye remains closed because of Azerbaijan’s reservations, but Yerevan continues working with Baku and Ankara to resolve the issue.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told journalists on October 22 that Azerbaijan has certain reservations about opening the Armenia–Türkiye border. “As of today, the process is at precisely this point,” he said, without specifying what those reservations were.
“But, naturally, we continue working with both Azerbaijan and Türkiye to reach specific solutions,” the Armenian prime minister added. Pashinyan did not provide a timeline for a possible agreement.
Border closed since 1993
Türkiye unilaterally closed its land border with Armenia in 1993, supporting Azerbaijan amid the Karabakh conflict. In recent years, Ankara and Yerevan have stepped up efforts to normalize relations: border crossings have been modernized and, according to the Armenian side, are ready to operate. Officials in Yerevan say they are ready to open the border at any time.
In October, the sides discussed the possibility of direct trade, while on October 21 it became known that Armenia and Türkiye had reached an agreement on exchanges between university students.
Peace agreement in 2027–2028
That same day, Pashinyan said a peace agreement with Azerbaijan could be signed in 2027–2028. “Our task is to sign the peace agreement as soon as possible. We do not plan to postpone it until 2031 or even 2029,” he said at a government meeting. The text of the agreement was initialled in Washington in August 2025. Baku insists that Armenia amend its constitution before the agreement is signed; Pashinyan said a draft of the new constitution would be published soon.
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