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Al Jazeera
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Paul Benjamin Osterlund

With flights set to resume, what next for Turkish-Armenian ties?

A Pegasus Airlines plane prepares to land, February 9, 2020 [File: Yasin Akgul/AFP]

Istanbul, Turkey – Direct flights between Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul and Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, are scheduled to take off again starting on Wednesday, after having been grounded for more than two years.

While good news for frequent travellers between the two cities, analysts say the resumption of air links primarily represents a key step in ongoing diplomatic efforts between the two estranged neighbours to re-establish official ties after nearly 30 years.

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