2022 Year in Review

T H E R E N E W E D
D I P L O M A T I C P R O C E S S
B E T W E E N A R M E N I A A N D
T U R K E Y
N O R M A L I S A T I O N O F R E L A T I O N S O R P R E C U R S O R T O
R E N E W E D C O N F R O N T A T I O N ?
Martin Makaryan
Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol
Pashinyan held their historic first official meeting in Prague on October 6, 2022.
The first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two historic foes in 13
years, the meeting came after months of diplomatic talks to normalise relations
and restart the effectively dead Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process. But the
central question, like before, is whether this time will be any different from
previous attempts to establish diplomatic relations between two nations whose
interwoven traumatic past and the dark history of the genocide go back more
than a hundred years? Despite some positive indicators, the potential of a failed
process that might further deteriorate the situation hangs over the two
countries and the region in general.
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