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The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will discuss the relations between Ankara and Yerevan at the G-20 summit, the Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported with the reference to Hurriyet newspaper.

The G-20 summit will take place in the US city of Pittsburgh on Sept. 24—25.

On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch “internal political consultations” to sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.

Political consultations will be completed within six weeks, and following that two protocols will be signed and submitted to the two countries’ parliaments for approval, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.

Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group — Russia, France, and the U.S. — are currently holding the peace negotiations.