The Armenia-United Kingdom business forum is a very logical step after the memorandum establishing a strategic partnership between Armenia and the United Kingdom was adopted and signed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and myself in May of this year, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated on Tuesday during the aforementioned forum in Yerevan.

“After establishing such a partnership, the primary question that arises for governments is as follows: and how to turn that political will, expressed in the adopted document, into reality? The most effective way to fulfill this task is to make the political content that is being discussed between governments a part of everyday life, and such forums serve precisely that purpose: to fill with real life the space that is, in fact, opened up by governments,” Pashinyan added.

“As for the economy, management, business, experience has shown that specific people who are not constrained, including by a certain framework of government or other official duties, see opportunities and prospects better. I would not be surprised if it turns out that the main idea or ideas arose during a musical event to which we were not invited, and which ran like a red thread through the speeches. Therefore, the event was successful, and I am convinced that good music also gave rise to good and innovative thoughts, and during today’s discussions, these very thoughts, I hope, will already enter the next phase of their development, will become concrete agreements; if they become contracts, much better,” Pashinyan noted.

Also, the premier announced that Armenia and its region are in a transformation phase and that transformation is connected with the peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the developments arising from this.

“We are now working on a daily basis, in fact, to launch the implementation of the TRIPP [i.e. the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity] project on the ground, which will definitely and undoubtedly be the cornerstone of changing the entire economic environment of not only the Republic of Armenia, but also of the region. It is already such, because today we feel a certain activeness of investment appeal around Armenia, and it is clear that this project will in turn bring new projects, and the investment gravity of Armenia and our region will strengthen,” Pashinyan concluded.