Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that his country's position has not changed and that the border with Armenia will be kept closed unless the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is resolved.

"Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents intensified talks between with mediation of their Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev," he said.

"If we do not see Armenia taking action, the border will not be opened," Milliyet quoted Erdogan as saying.