ArmInfo.At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, on May 16, took part in the 12th annual economic forum in Nur-Sultan.
As the press service of the RA President reports, this year the economic forum is held under the motto "Inspiring growth: people, cities, economies". The forum is attended by current and former heads of state, governments, international organizations, business leaders and economists discussing global trends and global structural changes. The main speakers of the plenary session were Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, Kazakhstan's first president Nursultan Nazarbayev, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Han Zhen and others. Expressing gratitude for the invitation, President Sarkissian highlighted the importance of the vision. "It all starts with a vision, a dream. I remember the 1990s when I first came here. It was a small town in the center of Kazakhstan. It looked like a more beautiful area than the city. But it was a dream, a vision that was created and realized by President Nazarbayev. Only a few decades have passed. Look what happened to your dream and vision. Now we are in a beautiful city, Nur-Sultan, which is in some way the heart of Eurasia. Indeed, everything begins with a vision, " the RA President stated. One of the visions, according to the president, concerns the world in which people want to live in the next 20-30 years. "Do we want to live in a world that is divided, where there are more and more Berlin walls, or a world that is truly global? We are already seeing an integrated global world, from which there is no way out. And this started not twenty but hundreds of years ago, when the first Silk Road was built. What is our vision for the next 20-30 years? To think about it, we have to go back to 20-30 years to see where we were. Did we have small devices that control our life today? - from family photos to current information and financial analysis? And what will happen in 20-30 years, when we use artificial intelligence, which will completely change, for example, our health care? Where will we be, when the connection is completely different, with higher quality, when all industrial products are associated with artificial intelligence and excellent information management? Will we be afraid of this? The answer is no, because these are really great advantages. They will not reduce the number of jobs in the world, on the contrary, they will dramatically increase. This is a new era. This is a world that should be welcomed. Are we ready for this? I am not sure one hundred percent. Can we be ready for this? One hundred percent sure, yes. We should start preparing and focusing on education, preparing our children for the next stage of the 21st century, "President Sarkissian stressed.
According to him, in the 21st century, companies dealing with information and high technologies concentrate on artificial intelligence, and not on companies engaged in natural resources.
Speaking about the place of Armenia in the global world, he noted: "I look to the future of my state and people with positive emotions and visions. Our small country, the Republic of Armenia, is home to a global nation, as we Armenians live in Russia, Los Angeles- the largest city inhabited by Armenians after Yerevan, millions of Armenians live in France, they live in Singapore in Argentina. We have a small country, but we are a global nation. We are part of the 21st century, integrated internationally. And I urge everyone to do the same to be global. "