Wednesday, September 18 2024 16:18

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan does not believe that visa liberalization  will result in significant emigration from Armenia. He explained that the current <emigration sentiments> in the republic are due to a sense of uncertainty about the future.  

<Negotiations on visa liberalization with the EU have officially started, marking a crucial  political agenda.  Prior to starting the negotiations, we conducted  research to determine the extent to which emigration rates increased  in  other countries following the liberalization of the visa regime.  For example, in Georgia, which is close to us, there was no large  emigration>, Pashinyan said on September 18 at the Global Armenian  Summit.

On the contrary, when people record that they have a lot of  opportunities to come and go freely, then the desire to go and stay  decreases even more, the RA Prime Minister added.  He noted that now  there are thousands of people in the EU and the US who do not return  to Armenia because they got there with difficulty, and if they  return, they will not be able to go anymore.  <The constant fear of  opening our borders and the ongoing suffering from the consequences  of closing them ... If we have a project that unites us as a state  and as a society, these problems will not exist>,  Nikol Pashinyan  concluded.