Armenia is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preliminary conditions, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday.

YEREVAN, July 27. /TASS/. Armenia is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preliminary conditions, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday.

"It was Turkey that closed the border with Armenia. The border has always been open on our part. Turkey must take a decision to open the border. Armenia is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preliminary conditions," he said in an interview with Al Jazeera television channel.

He pledged that his country is committed to peaceful ways of settling regional problems. "We are ready to be constructive to see our region more safe, peaceful and prosperous," he stressed.

Armenia and Turkey have a common border but they don’t have diplomatic relations. In 2009 in Zurich, the two countries’ top diplomats signed protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations and on principles of relations but these documents have not been ratified by the sides. On March 1, 2018, Armenia said these protocols had been revoked.