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Armenians in the capital remain sceptical of 'normal' ties with Turkey

Shona Bhattacharyya, FRANCE 24's special correspondent at the memorial to the victims of the 1915 genocide in Yerevan, Armenia. © FRANCE 24

Special envoys from Turkey and Armenia will hold a second round of talks in Vienna later this month to normalise ties after decades of animosity. The day after direct flights re-started between Yerevan and İstanbul, FRANCE 24's Turkey correspondents Shona Bhattacharyya and Ludovic de Foucaud traveled to the Armenian capital to find out what residents there think of the thawing of relations.

Shoppers and vendors who would agree to speak on camera are few and far between. Many are angry that Armenia's prime minister Nikol Pashinyan accepted Turkey's invitation to talk without first recognising what Armenia calls the 1915 genocide.

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