In his remarks the Armenian President touched upon the idea of deglobalization, noting that he doesn’t believe in this term. “Globalization has not ended, it will continue and will be faster. It hasn’t started today, years or decades before, it started hundreds, thousands of years ago from the Silk Road and before that. The world was already globalized that time and the globalization’s options were different. Today globalization continues”, he said. The President agreed with the discussion participants that there are difficulties in the globalization process at different levels, and today’s most important issue relates to managing this process.
“Armenia is a small state, but a global nation, and I think that we will be the nation who knows how to get adapted. A nation, who has passed through major tragedies within the course of history and began the life from the new point. This is an important quality in the new world where there are less certainties and more uncertainties”, the Armenian President noted.
He added that Armenia has been and remains in the crossroad. “Armenia is a crossroad. That’s why our country has learnt to work with all and has close relations with Russia and other member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. But, at the same time, Armenia has signed an agreement with the European Union, and I do not see any contradiction here. Moreover, Armenia has an advantage, and the international community should try to use this advantage because Armenia is the only country that has deep relations both with the EU, Russia and Eurasia. So why not to use the opportunities of...
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