Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar received Serdar Kilic, the special representative of Turkey for the normalization of relations with Armenia, the Turkish Defense Ministry informed.

No further details were provided.

The meeting took place on the eve of the talks between the special representatives of Turkey and Armenia, scheduled for January 14 in Moscow.

Former Turkish Ambassador to Washington Serdar Kilic was appointed as Special Representative for the normalization of relations with Armenia on December 15.

Armenia will be represented by Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan.