A gathering of the Armenia-USA Strategic Dialogue is going down in Yerevan. U.S. Undersecretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien, who spoke on the occasion, welcomed the steps taken by the Armenian authorities to fight corruption, democratic growth and the rule of legislation. “We additionally assist efforts to ascertain lasting peace and work to increase financial alternatives from Central Asia to the Mediterranean. If there may be lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, these alternatives might be wider,” O’Brien mentioned.
“Right this moment, our international locations will signal an settlement on the alternate of data within the customs sphere, which is able to open up new alternatives for commerce and facilitate commerce for companies within the coming years. That is a part of the guarantees that we talked about in Brussels,” the US Deputy Secretary of State mentioned. “We’ll proceed to work within the subject of justice reform. We will even proceed to work on protection and safety points. Our first joint army workout routines came about final yr, and we’re ready for extra. We anticipate to work within the areas of cyber-security, borders, power, and meals safety. We’re able to assist Armenia. Our plan is to interchange this Strategic Dialogue with a fee on strategic partnership, which is able to permit us to realize better depth of cooperation,” he confused.
A day earlier, throughout O’Brien’s assembly with Armenian International Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, the latter mentioned that “Armenia is dedicated to the method of normalization of relations with Azerbaijan and demarcation of the state border on the idea of mutual recognition of territorial integrity on the idea of the Alma Ata Declaration. There’s a actual alternative, a historic second for finalizing the draft peace treaty, the signing of which might open a brand new door for long-term peace within the area,” Mirzoyan mentioned. He additionally added that Armenia can be very all in favour of unblocking all regional communications primarily based on the ideas of sovereignty, full respect for jurisdiction, equality and reciprocity.
