At the “Yerevan Dialogue” international forum the Foreign Minister of Armenia noted in his remarks.
“… We have a real chance now, we – Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, we have a real chance to close the page of enmity in this region and open an era of stability and peace. And we believe that this will be beneficial for all of us. Not only the three of us will benefit from this, but also our neighbors, the larger region, and all the players and nations all over the world. We are really at the crossroads, and we have to choose. We in Armenia we have made up our minds and we chose the peace agenda because we believe in the benefits of peace, but as anyone can assume, it’s very much like dancing. I really love repeating this: you cannot dance alone, you need the other partner willing to dance with you. So, this is a choice that should be made not only by Armenia, but also by Georgia, but by Azerbaijan.
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And is that realistic? I think yes. And we have examples before our eyes. My distinguished colleague, the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Luxemburg, probably can assure that in Europe, they also have had tough neighborhoods, tough conflicts. They also have seen enough blood and they were strong enough to change the direction in that specific region, and all of us sitting in this hall can see that decision brought prosperity to Europe.
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What realistically could be done? We already see some tangible steps, we see the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun. We see that there is a discussion about unblocking and opening all regional transport and economic infrastructure. We see that, at least from our side, there is a very constructive dialogue regarding the peace treaty, and we all know that this is another interesting nuance of this issue. We notice that here in South Caucasus, we are interesting to the rest of the world when we are cooperating, and of course, we can survive being fragmented, we can survive somehow separately. …”.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia