Canada said Friday it welcomed an agreement between Turkey and Armenia to start internal political consultations to establish diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral relations.


"The normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations will not only benefit both nations and their citizens, but also enhance stability, security and development within their turbulent and vital neighborhood," Lawrence Cannon, the Canadian foreign minister, said in a statement on Friday.

The statement also recalled that Cannon recently met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, where he stressed the importance of dialogue between Turkey and Armenia, Anatolian News Agency reported.