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Turkey, Armenia agree to restore medieval bridge in normalization push
Turkey, Armenia agree to restore medieval bridge in normalization push
Ankara is pursuing normalization with Armenia ahead of June parliamentary elections in a thaw also positioned to advance its broader Middle Corridor ambitions.
Ezgi Akin
May 5, 2026
A picture taken near Kars on Feb. 28, 2024, shows the ruins of a bridge over the Arpacay River, the natural border between Turkey and Armenia. — YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images
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ANKARA — Turkey and Armenia have agreed to restore the medieval Ani Bridge in a fresh confidence-building step to accelerate normalization between the two countries as Ankara seeks to lock in progress ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections.
The agreement was signed in Yerevan by Turkey’s special representative for normalization with Armenia, Serdar Kilic, and his Armenian counterpart, Ruben Rubinyan, on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit, where Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz met Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The agreement reflects a broader effort to advance the long-stalled normalization process launched in 2022. It has gradually........
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