Thursday, September 24 2020 14:10

ArmInfo.Armenia will consistently develop and deepen relations with its strategic  partners. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a  government meeting on September 24.

According to him, discussions on the second stage of the strategic  dialogue with the United States of America will begin soon.

The head of the Armenian government expressed the hope that the  COVID-19 pandemic will not introduce any restrictions on these  discussions.

Nikol Pashinyan noted that Armenia is consistently developing and  deepening relations with the Russian Federation, the European Union,  the United States, Iran and Georgia. To note, the Eurasian Economic  Union also occupies important place in this list, the  intergovernmental council of which will be held in October in  Yerevan. "Traditionally, these relations are very warm, and we intend  to continue active work to deepen them," Nikol Pashinyan emphasized.

Earlier, ArmInfo reported that Armenia has hired former Sen. Bob Dole  (R-Kansas) and the Alston & Bird law firm to help the country prepare  for bilateral talks to be held in Washington  next month. The  contract, dated Sept. 15, is worth  $10,000 and lasts one month. It  was signed by Dole, a longtime friend  of Armenia who is now a  special counsel at Alston & Bird, and  Armenian Ambassador to the  United States Varuzhan Nersesyan.  The  former senator himself noted  that he intends to help Armenia in its  efforts to strengthen the  strategic partnership with the United  States in advance of the  planned diplomatic negotiations in October 2020.