The joint restoration of the historic Ani Bridge could create significant tourism opportunities for Armenia and Türkiye once the border is opened. This was written on Facebook by Ruben Rubinyan, Armenia’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament and the country’s special representative in the Armenia-Türkiye normalisation process.

“The joint restoration of the historic Ani Bridge, for which we signed a protocol today, will create major tourism opportunities for Armenia and Türkiye after the border is opened. One part of the Ani Bridge lies on Armenian territory, and together with the ruins of Ani on the other side of the border, these monuments could become a single tourist destination,” Rubinyan wrote. Earlier, Armenia and Türkiye signed a memorandum of understanding on the restoration of the Ani Bridge in Yerevan on the sidelines of the 8th European Political Community summit.