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In the election held in Armenia on June 7, the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his Civil Contract party won with nearly 50% of the vote. Prior to the election, direct trade had commenced between Turkey and Armenia, and just last week, a group of businesspeople from Armenia crossed the land border to meet with Turkish businesspeople in Kars. Following the election, how the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia will proceed remains a matter of curiosity. Noyan Soyak, Founder and Co-Vice Chairman of the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council, evaluated the results of the Armenian elections for Agos.

As part of the Armenia–Turkey normalization process and with the support of both governments, representatives of the Armenian business community crossed the Armenia–Turkey land border on June 2 and traveled to Kars, where they met with representatives of the Turkish business community.

Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Anushik Avetyan visited the border crossing known as Alican by Turkey and Margara by Armenia. Avetyan emphasized that opening the border would lower logistics costs, increase the competitiveness of producers, and lead to a significant expected increase in investments in the region.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, touching upon relations with Türkiye at a conference he attended yesterday, stated, "The situation we are currently in is truly incredible and almost unimaginably positive." Emphasizing "concrete steps," Pashinyan said that relations with Azerbaijan are also developing faster than even Azerbaijan expected.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about Armenian-Turkish relations. Sargsyan stated that the preconditions propounded by Turkey halted the relations.