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Armenian Aid Trucks Enter Turkey for First Time in 30 Years

  • Relations between neighbors have been strained for decades
  • Border opening follows recent steps aimed at normalization
A truck at the Alican border, following its reopening for humanitarian aid in Igdir, on Feb. 11.

A truck at the Alican border, following its reopening for humanitarian aid in Igdir, on Feb. 11.

Photographer: Huseyin Yildiz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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Armenian trucks crossed into Turkey for the first time in almost 30 years to deliver humanitarian aid to survivors following a pair of disastrous earthquakes this week. 

It was the first time since 1993 that vehicles had transited the Armenian-Turkish border, Armenian diplomat Tigran Balayan said on Twitter.