A border tower is seen in Getap, some 85 km (53 miles) northwest of Yerevan, in the Armenian side of the Armenian Turkish border, November 1, 2009. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
ANKARA/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Turkey and Armenia on Friday said a first round of talks in more than ten years was "positive and constructive," raising the prospect that ties could be restored and borders reopened after decades of animosity.
Turkey has had no diplomatic or commercial ties with its eastern neighbour since the 1990s. The talks in Moscow were the first attempt to restore links since a 2009 peace accord. That deal was never ratified and relations have remained tense.
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