Turkish Member of Parliament and member of the country’s delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Fatma Aksal, speaking to reporters in Yerevan during the 108th Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, commented on Armenia’s normalization process with Türkiye and Azerbaijan. “As you know, a new chapter is opening in relations between Armenia and Türkiye, and we are happy to see the ongoing talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia. No one benefits from conflict – peace is beneficial for all,” said the Turkish MP, who represents President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party in the Turkish parliament, when asked why the Armenian-Turkish border remains closed and how Ankara views the final outcome of peace talks. She also mentioned Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to Türkiye and noted that a real opportunity for opening the land border could arise in the coming months. “We have flights, but Turkish Airlines doesn’t fly yet. We hope that the gates will open soon, and we will have commercial and cultural ties. This is important not only for Armenia and Türkiye but for the entire region,” she said. The establishment of peace in the South Caucasus can become an example for the whole world, the Turkish MP added. “You see the wars continuing in Ukraine and Gaza. But here, we can truly be a good example by establishing peace in our region and developing economic ties. Both of us will only benefit.”

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