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YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS. There are many steps that can be taken by Armenia and Turkey to make sure that the parties are on the right track towards a final, comprehensive and complete settlement of relations, opening of the border between the two countries and establishment of diplomatic relations.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from MFA Armenia, Foreign Minister Mirzoyan announced, answering the question of a journalist in Austria following the meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.

Question: “Mr Schallenberg offered Vienna as a place of talks between Turkey and Armenia. What is your answer to that? Are you considering this?”

Ararat Mirzoyan: Well, once again, my appreciation to my dear colleague for offering Vienna to become a space for Armenian Turkish normalization process. I believe a couple of times our representatives already met here in Vienna and had an opportunity to discuss the normalization, and they will hopefully continue doing so. We had a pause, I would like to add this, in this process, I believe due to the electoral campaign and elections in Turkey. Now it is time to continue the talks on the normalization, and there are very concrete steps that already can be implemented by both sides to make sure that we are on the right track and the things are moving towards the final, comprehensive and holistic normalization of relations, opening the border between the two countries and establishing diplomatic relations. And here, of course, I primarily speak about opening the border between Armenia and Turkey for third country nationals, but also Armenian and Turkish nationals with diplomatic passports, and there are some other projects which are being discussed as well.

Follow-up question: “There are no further talks planned right now?”

Ararat Mirzoyan: There is no concrete date agreed.