YEREVAN, February 8. /ARKA/. In an interview with Austrian magazine Society Armenian President Armen Sarkissian said although Armenia is a small state but it is a global nation. He said as many Armenians live in Russia as there are living in Armenia itself, for example.

“In the 21st century, this is an advantage because the globe is getting smaller and life is getting faster,’ he said. In his words, the biggest companies in the world are not the oil or gas companies but rather IT companies like Apple and Google.

He said Armenia has a chance of being part of a so-called virtual silk road – a trade route of technologies and communications.

‘This Silk Road already exists as the global network of people connected to each other virtually and this is the field where you can expand your influence today. It can become the century of Armenia, if we are using our advantage of being a global and highly educated nation that is very well integrated in many societies. In addition, we are the only country of our region that has strong relations both with the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union,’ he said.

He also said that Armenia has one of the best banking sections in the whole region and also the best IT section.-0-

18:40 08.02.2019