Turkiye and Armenia on Monday signed an agreement to jointly restore the medieval Ani bridge on their shared border, as part of moves to normalise ties between the two countries.

“We believe that symbolic and concrete areas of cooperation, such as the joint restoration of the Ani bridge which was formalised today by a memorandum of understanding, will help establish a lasting climate of peace and security,” said Turkiye’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz.

Yilmaz met Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the eighth European Political Community summit in Yerevan.

Pashinyan wrote on X that he had a “fruitful exchange” with Yilmaz and hailed the bridge restoration deal.