Normalizing relations with Turkey high on Armenia’s agenda

MEHR News Agency, Iran

TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he is hoping to normalize relations with Turkey after the Turkish presidential election.

"Hopefully, we will be able to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations after the presidential election in Turkey. I also hope we can carry on with normalizing our relations with Turkey in a natural way. This is high on our agenda," Pashinyan said in parliament on Monday, Interfax News reported.

Peace is the only guarantee of external security, Pashinyan said. "There is no other way to guarantee external security," he said.

Pashinyan congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning the Turkish presidential election on Sunday.

"We congratulate President Erdogan on reelection. I am looking forward to continuing our joint work until full normalization of relations between our countries," Pashinyan said on a social network.

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS