United States to play key role in ensuring Armenia`s security in  future world order - Ruben Mehrabyan

ArmInfo. The United States may adopt a key role in ensuring Armenia's security in the future world order being formed in the crucible of the Ukraine war, Ruben  Mehrabyan of the Armenian Institute of International and Security  Affairs, said in an interview with ArmInfo. 

"Even now relations with the United States are of vital importance  for Armenia. The United States is an important ally in ensuring the  institutional guarantees of democratic systems in Armenia and  irreversibility of this process.  In this context, the document  signed during the Armenian FM's recent visit to the United States is  Armenian diplomacy's step in this direction - a step to be followed  by further ones," he said.  

The Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Civil Nuclear Cooperation  (NCMOU), signed by Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Antony Blinken in  Washington, is of importance for Armenia in the context of prospects  for the country's technological progress, especially since the  document places emphasis on the need for Armenia's energy  self-sufficiency. 

"After all, Armenia is the only regional country with a nuclear  facility and experts, which generates not only economic, but also  political interest in our country," Mr Mehrabyan said. 

Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan was on a visit to the United States May 2  to 6. That was the Armenian FM's first meeting with his U.S.  counterpart over the last decade that had nothing in common with any  international format or with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  Mr  Mirzoyan participated in the U.S.- Armenia Strategic Dialogue. He  held meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, USAID  Administrator Samantha Power and high-ranking officials of the U.S.  Congress. Mr Mirzoyan also gave a talk at the Atlantic Council. The  negotiations ended in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  Concerning Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU).