Armenia and Türkiye have reached an agreement to increase flights between the two countries, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Wednesday.
He made the remarks at the Orbeli Forum 2025 in response to a question by a Turkish journalist.
Mirzoyan said that while the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia have established peace, initialed an agreement, and issued a declaration—with the remaining challenge being the reconciliation of their societies—the situation with Türkiye is the mirror opposite.
“For decades, with the borders closed, people have traveled and visited each other, and trade was quite significant—the problem was that this trade went through third countries. Flights have existed and still do. There is an agreement to increase flights—to Yerevan, Gyumri, and Turkish cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, and others. The issue with Türkiye is that the border is closed and there are no diplomatic relations,” Mirzoyan said.
The Foreign Minister noted that political dialogue with Türkiye is very intensive and substantive, and other confidence-building measures are also being discussed to compensate for the lack of diplomatic relations and the closed border.
The agreement on increasing flights was announced earlier in September after another round of normalization talks between Armenia and Türkiye.
