Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan continues to hold talks with the leaders of various countries and organizations, on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Nikol Pashinyan and Swiss President Ueli Maurer hailed the current level of political relations between the two countries and touched upon the development of economic cooperation. The parties agreed to get the respective diplomatic missions to identify those economic sectors that can be promising in terms of developing cooperation. They expressed confidence that as a result, good opportunities would be provided for implementing specific investment projects.

Nikol Pashinyan noted that Switzerland’s track-record in the development of democracy is highly assessed, and Armenia is keen to promote bilateral cooperation with a view to implementing multifaceted reforms in the country. In turn, Ueli Maurer assured that his country is prepared to deepen respective ties with the Armenian government.

Next, Nikol Pashinyan met with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda; they discussed the development of bilateral economic ties, especially in carrying out of investment programs. The parties agreed that cooperation in IT can be quite promising. Paul Kagame said his country was eager to develop cooperation in this sector. Prime Minister Pashinyan, for his part, noted that the 2019 World Congress On Information Technology will be held in Armenia this October and invited Rwandan IT companies to take part in this important event.

The interlocutors touched also upon cooperation within the framework of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF). In this connection, Paul Kagame hailed last October’s OIF summit in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, and noted that this event had opened a new chapter in relations between the member countries of this organization.

Along the lines of the World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Pashinyan also had brief meetings with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.