Türkiye has completed preparations for rail and road border crossings with Armenia, but their opening still requires a political agreement and no date has been set.
Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the necessary work had been completed at the railway crossing and the Alican road checkpoint, Vesti Baku reported.
Uraloglu said he had discussed the issue with his Armenian counterpart. If the parties reach an agreement, he said, the opening process would not take long. He expressed hope that the crossings would begin operating in the near future but did not provide a timetable.
The announcement means technical preparations on the Turkish side are complete, not that the border has opened. A separate political decision is required before people, vehicles and trains can cross.
Land Border Has Been Closed Since 1993
Türkiye and Armenia’s land border has been closed since 1993. Ankara and Yerevan stepped up normalization talks in 2022 and agreed to permit third-country nationals and diplomatic passport holders to cross, but that arrangement has not been fully implemented.
Türkiye said in May 2026 that bureaucratic preparations for direct trade with Armenia had been completed. Goods still move through Georgia because the land crossings remain closed.
Opening the border could reshape regional trade and transportation routes. Turkish officials have linked further progress to normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia and stressed that Ankara would take Azerbaijan’s concerns into account.