The Turkish side informed us today that the ban on direct air cargo transportation has been lifted. Vahan Hunanyan, Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, stated this in a conversation with Iravaban.net.

“We would like to remind you that commencing of direct air cargo transportation between Armenia and Turkey was one of the agreements reached at the meeting of special representatives on July 1, 2022.

We expect that the other agreement – ensuring the possibility to cross the land border for citizens of third countries, will also be implemented as soon as possible,” Hunanyan said.

Earlier, the Turkish Habertürk TV channel, citing diplomatic sources, reported the following:

“As a result of the negotiations between Turkey and Armenia, barriers to direct air cargo transportation have been removed. In the information conveyed by diplomatic sources, it was stated that as a result of the negotiations between the special representatives of the two countries for the normalization process, direct air cargo trade between Turkey and Armenia is possible as of 1 January, 2023.”

The sources stated that this issue was announced to the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly by the Turkish Ministry of Commerce.