Vance promises to raise the matter of Armenian prisoners in Baku

ArmInfo.  US Vice President J.D. Vance, when leaving Armenia for Baku, said he would definitely  raise the matter of the release of Armenian prisoners of  war during his meetings in Azerbaijan. At Yerevan's Zvartnots  Airport, Vance, in response to a journalist's question on the matter,  said, "This issue will certainly be discussed. 

We have very good relations with both Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. In fact, I heard the Prime  Minister's remarks yesterday. He is optimistic about a peace  agreement, given where we are now compared to just a few months ago.  So we will certainly raise a number of topics, but I think we will  continue to have effective and successful cooperation with both the  Azerbaijanis and the Armenians."

Vance also described the visit to Armenia as productive. Regarding  investments in Armenia, the American official emphasized that one of  the documents signed by the two sides yesterday, as well as one of  the issues Yerevan and Washington are working on during their  meetings, is significant investment in Armenia, thanks to some good  deals reached between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan. "One of these things is that a very large data  center will be created... In fact, I think it's already started. The  data center  could reach  a total investment of $4 billion in  Armenia. It will also create a lot of jobs for people in their home  country. So it's a classic win-win situation. $4 billion is what the  project could turn into, I think, but you've already seen significant  investment in Armenia, and we expect that to continue," he concluded.