Armenian Foreign Minister and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, met today on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey.

The two ministers, according to the Turkish Anadolu Agency, discussed normalizing relations between the two countries during the thirty-minute meeting.

Çavuşoğlu, according to the AA report, said the meeting was “very constructive and productive”.

Mirzoyan is quoted as saying that Armenia is ready to continue the normalization process without preconditions.

“Steps towards the full normalization of bilateral relations were discussed. I would like to state with satisfaction that we are making efforts for peace in the Caucasus. Steps between Turkey and Armenia are perceived positively by Azerbaijan as well. Baku supports this process. Peace and stability in the region meet the interests of all parties,” Çavuşoğlu said.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry, in a statement today on the meeting, writes that Mirzoyan thanked Çavuşoլlu for the invitation to attend the Antalya conference and that the two reaffirmed their readiness to carry out the process of full normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and the establishment of good-neighborly relations without preconditions.