Turkey and Armenia restart trade as EU urges border re-opening

Emil Lazarian News
The Brussels Times
May 14 2026

Turkey has announced the start of bilateral trade with Armenia, a move welcomed by the EU in a statement on Tuesday from the European External Action Service (EEAS).

The EU said the announcement followed a recent meeting of a bilateral working group from the two countries focused on restoring rail connections between Turkey and Armenia, which took place on 28 April 2026.

The EEAS said the start of bilateral trade forms part of a wider normalisation process between the two neighbours.

Rail links and the border

The EU also encouraged Turkey and Armenia to continue working together towards re-opening their shared border, the EEAS said.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS

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