Armenia better knows Slovenia due to its Gorenje trademark. Most Armenians hardly know more about Slovenia than that it is one of the parts of former Yugoslavia. The same can be said about Armenia, which is known in Yugoslavia due to its brandy rather than history. The Slovenian President Danilo Türk’s somewhat unexpected visit is an excellent opportunity for building up closer relations between the two peoples.

RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Slovenian President Danilo Türk participated in an Armenian-Slovenian business forum in Yerevan on October 11. In fact, the two Presidents exhausted the forum agenda with their speeches.

The Armenian President reported that the sides signed four bilateral agreements, two of them being economic ones.

Such attention to economy is no mere coincidence. The Armenian leader hopes stronger economic ties will draw the two peoples closer to each other. “Today’s economic benefits are more than decisive in bilateral relations. In some cases economic cooperation helped countries having historical problems draw closer to each other,” President Sargsyan said.

In his turn, the Slovenian leader pointed out a number of areas of potentially effective Armenian-Slovenian cooperation. First, it is the IT sector and the tourist industry. President Türk believes that numerous Slovenians would visit Armenia if necessary conditions were created in the country.