The United States supports steps taken by Turkey and Armenia to normalize ties, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday after neighboring countries announced they intend to mend relations.
"We welcome and strongly support statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on appointing Special Envoys to discuss the process of normalization," Blinken wrote on Twitter.
"We assess positively the statement of the foreign minister of Turkey on the appointment of a special representative for the normalization of relations, and confirm that the Armenian side also will appoint a special representative for dialogue."
On Monday, Çavuşoğlu announced: "We will respectively nominate with Armenia special representatives for normalization."
"We will also start Yerevan-Istanbul charter flights in the coming period," he told Parliament in Ankara.
