President Sarkissian compared the “Summit of minds” with Noah’s ark, which gave a new start. “When I personally look at the new world, I see signs of flood in many places, I see signs of flood in our behavior, how we act, what we do with the nature. All these reminds that there are signs of flood and we do something wrong. We mistreat nature. Looking at global politics, we see there are huge uncertainties in the world connected with the future of Europe, connected with the Brexit, in the USA - connected with the upcoming elections, in the Middle East and many other places. Today the world is full of new ideas or those coming from ancient times. Lots of populism, fake news, misunderstanding. Finally, what will happen to the world? We lose more and more trust, lose the ability of dialogue. In this sense, the “Summit of minds” is like a small ark. Today it’s not the Noah’s ark, it’s an Armenian ark, where people come to discuss how to save the planet”, the President said.
According to Sarkissian, it’s very important for Armenia to hear what the world says, to ask the “Summit of minds” what’s going on in this world, what to do and how to do, where are we moving to and what we can do as the Republic of Armenia. The President noted that those are global issues but are also connected with Armenia, since it’s very important to understand where the world goes a...
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