Chairman of the parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, lawmaker from the ruling Civil Contract party Eduard Aghajanyan has said that Armenia is ready to start relations with Turkey without preconditions, and that the move is in Armenia's interests.

Aghajanyan's comments on Tuesday, December 14 came after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey will work to normalize ties with Armenia and start charter flights to its capital city of Yerevan.

The lawmaker said the statement from Ankara refers to "starting to establish diplomatic relations" between Armenia and Turkey. According to him, Armenia is not renouncing its key state interests by any means.

"On the contrary, we are convinced that it is in Armenia's interests to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey," Aghajanyan was quoted as saying by Aysor.am.

The MP added that the country has yet to decide its envoy for possible negotiations.