Historical records

Trade · Trade restrictions

Armenia adopted a further six-month restriction on listed Turkish-origin imports from 1 July 2021.

Decision 1048-N gives both the adoption date and its 1 July effective date. It retained specified exceptions, so it should not be described as a ban on all trade with Türkiye.

Trade · Trade restrictions

The temporary restriction on listed Turkish-origin imports entered into force for six months.

This is the effective date specified in the amended legal text, not a claim that every shipment stopped. The measure included defined exclusions.

Trade · Trade procedures

Armenia moved the import ban’s start date to 1 January 2021.

Decision 2214-N replaced 31 December 2020 with 1 January 2021 and excluded goods already imported before that day. The amended date takes precedence over the October announcement.

Trade · Trade restrictions

Armenia adopted a temporary import ban covering listed Turkish-origin goods.

Government Decision 1708-N was adopted on 20 October and published on 21 October. Its original 31 December start was later amended to 1 January 2021.

Published: October 21, 2020

Agreements · Process decisions

Armenia terminated the procedure for concluding the Zurich Protocols.

The National Security Council supported termination, and the Armenian MFA records the presidential decree on the same date. The protocols had not entered into force.

Agreements · Process decisions

Armenia recalled the Zurich Protocols from the National Assembly.

Sargsyan sent a letter to Speaker Galust Sahakyan withdrawing both protocols from the parliamentary agenda. This parliamentary recall was distinct from the termination announced in 2018.

Talks · Ministers

Armenia’s foreign minister attended the presidential inauguration in Ankara.

He delivered Sargsyan’s invitation to the 2015 genocide commemoration.

Published: August 29, 2014

Talks · Ministers

Nalbandian met Davutoğlu during the BSEC ministerial meeting.

Armenia’s report reiterates its position on normalization without preconditions.

Agreements · Process decisions

Armenia suspended ratification of the Zurich Protocols while retaining its signature.

Sargsyan announced the suspension in a televised address. His statement expressly distinguished suspension from withdrawal from the process.

Talks · Leaders

Sargsyan and Erdoğan met in Washington during the Nuclear Security Summit.

The Armenian presidency’s trip report explicitly dates the bilateral meeting to 12 April. It records a meeting, not a new signed agreement.

Talks · Special representatives

Feridun Sinirlioğlu met Sargsyan and Nalbandian in Yerevan as Erdoğan’s special representative.

The Turkish MFA reports delivery of a written message and discussion of the normalization process. The sides agreed that Sargsyan and Erdoğan would meet at the Washington summit.

Talks · Ministers

Nalbandian and Davutoğlu spoke by telephone about the protocol process.

Armenia’s account records Nalbandian’s call for ratification without preconditions.

Agreements · Process decisions

Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruled the Zurich Protocol obligations constitutional.

Decision DCC-850 addressed the constitutional conformity of the signed obligations. It did not ratify the protocols or put them into force.

Agreements · Process decisions

Armenia’s Constitutional Court received the president’s application to review the Zurich Protocols.

The court’s own judgment gives 17 November 2009 as the receipt date on page 2. This was constitutional review, not parliamentary ratification.

Talks · Leaders

Sargsyan and Gül met in Bursa during the return football visit.

The Armenian presidency records private and expanded talks on normalization followed by attendance at the match. The meeting followed the signing of the Zurich Protocols.

Agreements · Protocols

Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoğlu signed two normalization protocols in Zurich.

The protocols concerned diplomatic relations and bilateral cooperation, with border opening conditional on entry into force. They were not ratified or brought into force; the Armenian MFA published the texts on 13 October.

Published: October 13, 2009

Agreements · Protocols

The sides announced internal political consultations on two initialled normalization protocols.

The joint statement envisaged six weeks of consultations followed by signature and submission to the parliaments. This announcement was not the signing or ratification of the protocols.

Agreements · Joint statements

Armenia and Türkiye announced an agreed normalization roadmap under Swiss mediation.

The joint statement records a comprehensive framework and a roadmap, without publishing the roadmap’s detailed terms. It was a negotiating step, not the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Talks · Leaders

Serzh Sargsyan and Abdullah Gül met in Yerevan before the Armenia–Türkiye football match.

Gül visited at Sargsyan’s invitation, and the presidents discussed bilateral normalization with the foreign ministers present. A Turkish Football Federation report independently fixes the visit to the same day.

Transport · Passenger flights

Türkiye reopened the air border with Armenia in 1995.

The Armenian MFA provides the year only. This does not establish the date of any particular commercial flight or imply reopening of the land border.

Borders & visas · Border crossings

Türkiye closed its land and air borders with Armenia in 1993.

The Armenian MFA records both closures; the Turkish MFA also records the border closure. These sources establish the year but do not provide a precise date.

Agreements · Process decisions

Türkiye recognized Armenia’s independence in December 1991.

The Armenian MFA gives 24 December; the Turkish MFA gives 16 December. The original recognition instrument was not located, so only the month is recorded; recognition did not establish diplomatic relations.