As part of the Trump Initiative, reaching a logical milestone in the ongoing dialogue on Armenia-Turkey normalization, including the opening of the Gyumri-Kars railway, is also of great importance, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today, February 9, during a statement with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.

“We also jointly acknowledged significant achievements in bilateral relations, including in the fields of artificial intelligence and innovative technologies. I am pleased to note that, thanks to the memorandum signed between Armenia and the United States on August 8 in the fields of semiconductors and artificial intelligence, a mega-project will be implemented by Firebird to construct an artificial intelligence factory and a data center in Armenia. In this regard, it should be noted that export permits for the next batch of high-performance NVIDIA chips to Armenia have been approved.

I hope that the close and transparent cooperation between Armenia and the United States in the high-tech sector will further develop and strengthen mutually beneficial collaboration between Armenian and U.S. companies,” he added.

Earlier, NEWS.am reported that U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Armenia on February 9 for an official visit, accompanied by his wife, Usha Vance. At Zvartnots Airport, they were welcomed by the President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan, and Armenia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Narek Mkrtchyan.

The American delegation also includes Jacob Helberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Upon arriving in Armenia, he posted: “Next stop — Yerevan, Armenia.”