PRAGUE: The leaders of historic foes Turkey and Armenia have held their first face-to-face meeting since the two countries agreed to improve relations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday met in Prague on the sidelines of a summit by the leaders of 44 countries to launch a “European Political Community” aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across Europe.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was also present at what appeared to be an informal gathering of the three leaders. No details of what they discussed immediately emerged.
Turkey and Armenia, which have no diplomatic relations, agreed last year to start talks to put decades of bitterness behind them and reopen their joint border. Special envoys appointed by the two countries have held four rounds of talks since then.
Their discussions have resulted in an agreement to resume charter flights between Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, and the Armenian capital of Yerevan –Agencies
