Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States Serdar Kılıç, known for working against the efforts of Armenians in the U.S. to get official Washington to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide, has been appointed Turkey’s point man in upcoming talks with Armenia.

Ankara and Yerevan have confirmed that they will appoint special envoys to dialog regarding the normalization of relations. 

On April 24, 2020, Kılıç stated that President Trump's message on the anniversary of the Genocide was unfounded and not objective, claiming that during the First World War "Armenians killed 500,000 Muslims."

President Trump’s statement is based on domestic political considerations, ignores massacre of 500K muslims by Armenian rebels in the same period, is thus void of objectivity in reflecting 1915 events,and as such is totally unacceptable. Let historians decide on historical events pic.twitter.com/AMnLaUFo3r

— Serdar KILIÇ (@serdarkilic9) April 24, 2020

Kılıç also tweeted the following on the anniversary of the 1992 Khojaly incident in Karabakh.

Azerbaycan’ın Y.Karabağ bölgesindeki #Hocalı şehrinde Ermenistan ordusunca hunharca katledilen Azerbaycanlı kardeşlerimizi bir kez daha rahmetle anıyorum.Dünyanın gözü önünde yaşanan bu katliamın 29. yıldönümünde, kardeşlerimizin yaşadığı acıyı biz de yüreğimizde hissediyoruz. pic.twitter.com/S0lvvvV8zI

— Serdar KILIÇ (@serdarkilic9) February 26, 2021

During his diplomatic mission in the United States, Kılıç constantly targeted Congressman Adam Schiff, who is known for his pro-Armenian work.  

During the 2020 war in Karabakh, Kılıç was engaged in anti-Armenian and false propaganda. On Twitter, he shared the posts of then Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov and applauded the capture of Shushi and Azerbaijan's victory in the war.

Eşq olsun Azərbaycan’ın igid Ordusuna!
Eşq olsun Azerbaycan'ın qəhrəman evlatlarına, şəhidlerine, qazilərinə. zəfərimiz mübarək azərbaycan, can azərbaycan @ElinSuleymanov ???????? pic.twitter.com/mkwOpM2AJB

— Serdar KILIÇ (@serdarkilic9) November 10, 2020

Kılıç also claimed that members of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) fought on the Armenian side during the war and denied that Azerbaijan had recruited Syrian mercenaries and terrorists. 

"There is clear evidence that PKK terrorists have moved to Armenia from northern Iraq," Kılıç said at the time.