Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday said that Ankara is ready to normalize relations with Yerevan if Armenia resolves its problems with Azerbaijan.

"The conditions for building a lasting peace are now more favorable than ever. In this regard, Armenia needs to show its sincere will to resolve issues with Azerbaijan. If it does that, there will be no obstacle to the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia," the Turkish NTV website quotes Erdoğan as saying. 

Erdoğan made the statement in Zangelan (Kovsakan) where he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev inspected work to construct the Ahmedbeyli-Horadiz-Mijnavan-Aghbend highway. The two also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a smart agricultural park in Kovsakan, which will be established with Turkish assistance.

Earlier in the day, Erdoğan and Aliyev cut a ribbon marking the official opening of the airport located in Fizuli, a town ceded to Azerbaijan following the 2020 Karabakh war.

Photo: President of Azerbaijan’s Press Service