The Region in Brief

Armenia

Turkey has lifted its ban on air cargo shipments from Armenia. The agreement was reached following four rounds of negotiations on the normalization of relations last year. Armenia and Turkey appointed special envoys for the talks in December 2021. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said that the crossing of the land border by citizens of third countries, another agreement reached during the talks, will also be implemented soon. Turkish governments have banned Armenian imports since closing the border in the 1990s in support of Azerbaijan during the first Artsakh War.