YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARTSAKHPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized the great development potential in the relations between the two countries and expressed their willingness to consistently cooperate in forming a new, more ambitious agenda, ARTSAKHPRESS.reports Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the joint press conference after the meeting with the Chancellor in Germany.
“Our delegation and I have noted with satisfaction that there is a high level of political dialogue between Armenia and Germany. Our relations are actively developing both bilaterally and multilaterally, which is evidenced by the recent high-level mutual visits and active contacts,” said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor discussed issues related to Armenia-Germany trade and economic cooperation. They emphasized the continuous efforts of both sides to maintain the positive dynamics of growth of trade turnover, to encourage mutual investments.
“Armenia attaches great importance to the inclusion of Armenia as a bilateral partner within the framework of the “BMZ 2030″ reform strategy of the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, which provides an excellent opportunity to ensure the stable continuity of current reforms and programs in Armenia,” said Pashinyan.
Pashinyan and Scholz also touched on the Armenian-German financial and technical cooperation, in particular, the activities of the German international cooperation agencies GIZ and KFW in Armenia.
“We hope that the opening of KfW and GIZ local offices in the near future will be a new impetus for development cooperation between the two countries. Germany and Armenia have a long experience of cooperation in the field of environmental protection, in the conditions of the changing climate, we are interested in developing this cooperation in the fields of water resources management, forest restoration and renewable energy. We are also interested in the development of “green hydrogen”, said the Prime Minister.
Pashinyan also noted with satisfaction the effective cooperation between the two countries in the field of science and education. There is effective cooperation between Armenian and German universities and individual scientists, which has great potential for development. He also considered joint cultural events and contacts between people extremely important.
At the meeting, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Germany also referred to the inter-parliamentary cooperation, noting with satisfaction the active contacts and visits of the parliamentarians during the last few years. Decentralized cooperation also plays an important role in bilateral relations, where there are many examples of already established cooperation.
“We both emphasized that there is a great development potential in the relations between Armenia and Germany and we expressed our willingness to consistently cooperate with joint efforts in forming a new, more ambitious agenda,” said the Prime Minister.
Armenia-EU partnership was also on the agenda of their meeting, the sides emphasized the importance of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. The Prime Minister expressed the readiness of the Armenian side to make efforts to contribute to the expansion of the cooperation agenda between Armenia and Germany.
