Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he had held "in depth" talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on a rare visit to arch-foe Turkey Friday, in what Yerevan described as a "historic" step toward regional peace.

The talks between the two leaders -- whose nations have never established formal diplomatic ties and whose shared border has been closed since the 1990s -- took place at Dolmabahce Palace and lasted just over an hour, Erdogan's office said.

Erdogan's office said the pair had discussed Armenia's peace talks with Azerbaijan and efforts to normalise ties with Turkey as well as the recent explosion of violence between Israel and Iran, which shares a border with both Turkey and Armenia.

"President Erdogan emphasised the significance of the consensus reached in the ongoing peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, given the current circumstances," and said Turkey would continue to "provide full support to efforts aimed at developing the region with a 'win-win' approach".

They also addressed "potential steps to be taken within the framework of........

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