Pashinyan, Erdogan meet in New York

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met within the framework of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

They made a “detailed reference” to the steps already taken and the existing agreements reached within the framework of the process of normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations, the Armenian government said in its readout of the meeting.

“The willingness to continue the normalization process without preconditions and to give a new impulse to the relations was emphasized. The parties also addressed regional issues,” the government reported.

“Prime Minister Pashinyan informed President Erdogan about the current situation of the Armenia-Azerbaijan settlement process, the readiness to sign the agreement on the settlement of relations, as well as the Crossroads of Peace initiative of the Armenian government,” reads the statement.