The shared history of Armenia and Italy facilitates the discourse, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan stated in his exclusive interview given to the Quotidiano Nazionale magazine of Italy.   

“It is not a mere coincidence that active Armenian communities function in Italy to this day, and without [even] reflecting on the most important Armenian traces [in Italy]. [And] The current integration could be expressed in two ways. On the one hand, we need your moral support in terms of our key challenges, [and] on the other hand, we expect the investment of the Italian capital into our country,” the President said. 

“We look toward working with all those enterprises that deal with innovative production in Armenia. Armenia provides special tax advantages to all those foreign enterprises that carry out their activities in the country’s two free economic zones, but elsewhere as well. Especially in the nuclear energy sector we secure the invested capital’s full return in several years and state guarantees to purchase all the electricity that is produced. You must trust Armenia. Those [Italian companies], which already have made investments in our country, have had significant profits right away,” Armenia’s President noted.