Tuesday, July 23 2019 14:01

ArmInfo.The last visits of the highest Armenian state officials to Washington are evidence of the gradually emerging multi-vector foreign policy of the Armenian  policy, which I personally assess positively. Director of the  Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan  Grigoryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

In recent days, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat  Mirzoyan, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Foreign Minister  Zohrab Mnatsakanyan visited the US at the same time. Despite being in  the United States at the same time, they all participate in various  events and forums.

" It is precisely this multi-vector relationship with partners and  allies that we have lacked in recent years.  And today, with the new  authorities, such visits and discussions seem to be a necessary and  inseparable part, developed step by step by the multi-vector policy  of the new authorities of Armenia. It is extremely important that our  country is not limited to Europe or the United States. The recent  visit of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to China and, most  importantly, the agreements reached in Beijing demonstrated another  important direction of the Armenian multi-vector policy ", he  stressed.

In this light, the relationship between Armenia and the United  States, according to political analyst, looked quite passive, at  least in recent months. In particular, there was practically no  agenda between Yerevan and Washington, there were very few areas and  areas in which some kind of cooperation took place. In this light,  the political analyst considers the recent visits of the Speaker of  the Armenian Parliament and members of the government to the United  States in the context of Yerevan's attempts to form its own agenda of  relations with Washington.

"There are a lot of points and questions within the framework of the  Armenian-American agenda. Let's say, there are quite a few today.  There are both traditional and completely new issues that have arisen  recently; for example, the situation around Iran's neighbor with  Armenia. We need to understand how periodic toughening of the US  sanctions against Iran will affect Armenia. And, of course, to make  it one of the issues on our agenda with the Americans, "concluded  Grigoryan.