The objective of presidential initiatives is to form a regional platform for cooperation

President Armen Sarkissian sent a letter to the Secretary General of the International Organization of La Francophonie Louise Mushikiwabo.

Noting once again success of the Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie held in Armenia in 2018,

President Sarkissian presented to the Secretary-General of IOF a number of programs which are aimed at shaping in Armenia a regional platform for economic cooperation. President Sarkissian invited Ms. Mushikiwabo to participate to the Armenian Summit of Minds. It is scheduled to take place on October 10-11 and will bring together prominent figures from the political, economic, scientific, and cultural areas. The main topics of the Summit will be geopolitics and artificial intelligence.

“Based on the success of the Armenian Summit of Minds in 2019, we will strive to make the Summit of Minds - Armenia an annual event,” President Sarkissian notes. “Holding the event outside of Chamonix will both expand the geography of the Summit of Minds and discover new ideas and opportunities,” the President said in his letter.

Speaking of another, the ATOM (Advance Tomorrow) presidential initiative, which is mainly aimed at making Armenia a regional platform for the areas of high-tech and artificial intelligence, the President of Armenia noted that this ambitious project has already acquired attention of multiple states, international financial institutions and global companies and they have expressed desire to establish cooperation.

Speaking of his initiative to create a club of small and successful states, President Armen Sarkissian noted that he has already discussed the idea with a number of leaders of different states, including Francophone countries, including Rwanda and Qatar. The initiative is not aiming to substitute other cooperation units or create a heavy construction but to unite small nations which in the framework of a flexible cooperation and dialogue platform can be successful in different areas.