According to a report in today's Hurriyet, a delegation of entrepreneurs and NGO leaders from Armenia received assurances from Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara that the border between the two countries will "open sooner or later."

This 'startling' revelation however needs to be tempered by the fact that FM Davutoglu could give the visiting Armenians no exact date for the restart of normalization talks between Ankara and Yerevan.

"We asked the minister when the process will restart," said Mikayel Hovhannisyan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation. "Unfortunately I did not receive any exact date but I received assurance that the Turkish side will implement necessary steps to that end."

Hurriyet reports that Richard Giragosian of the Regional Studies Center said he was first impressed by the "amount of time" the ministry gave them and the fact the foreign minister was "very forthcoming." "I was impressed by the quality of Davutoglu and his open and frank exchange with us."

The two sides also were said to have discussed the 'events' of 1915.

The group of visiting Armenians said they were impressed by the open and frank discussions at the foreign ministry and noted that there was much more awareness in Turkey today compared to a few years ago.

Hurriyet reports that Giragosian said he told Davutoglu the mental border between the two countries was open even though it was physically sealed and that the foreign minister agreed.