Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Stephen Doughty, UK Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories.

The Prime Minister welcomed his visit to Armenia and expressed satisfaction with the successful round of the Armenia-UK Strategic Dialogue. Nikol Pashinyan noted that Stephen Doughty’s visit to the region comes at a very important and even historic time, given the agreements reached in Washington, which create the basis for stability and predictability in the South Caucasus, broader regional cooperation and development.

Stephen Doughty congratulated the Prime Minister on the historic results achieved in Washington in normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and advancing the peace agenda. He emphasized the United Kingdom’s support for this process.

The parties reaffirmed their commitment to elevate Armenia-UK relations to the level of a strategic partnership and to consistently achieve this goal through joint efforts. The interlocutors emphasized that the basis of cooperation between Armenia and the United Kingdom is the common values of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of fundamental human rights.

The interlocutors then discussed a number of issues related to the further development and expansion of Armenia-United Kingdom cooperation. The importance of conducting studies on economic projects of mutual interest, the implementation of joint investment programs, and the more active involvement of British companies in infrastructure and other projects in Armenia was emphasized.

Prime Minister Pashinyan highlighted the United Kingdom’s active participation in the European Political Community Summit and the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) to be held in Armenia next year.

They also exchanged views on other issues of mutual interest.