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Turkey, Armenia hold 'constructive' first round of normalization talks

Following talks in Moscow on Friday, representatives for the two countries agreed to meet again without preconditions.

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A photo taken on Jan. 7, 2022, from the ancient city of Ani in Kars, shows an Armenian national flag in the Armenian side near the Turkish-Armenian border. — OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Armenia and Turkey agreed to continue talks without preconditions after a first round of meetings aimed at normalizing ties concluded in Moscow on Friday. 

Ankara and Yerevan lack diplomatic relations. But in December, the neighboring countries agreed to name special envoys — former Turkish ambassador to the US Serdar Kilic and Armenia’s deputy parliament speaker Ruben Rubinyan —  to lay the groundwork for normalization. 

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