Pashinyan hopes that Armenia will have visa-free travel to the EU by 2029

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hopes that the country will have a visa-free regime with the EU by 2029. He outlined this position during his speech at a panel discussion held by the Restart Foundation MaskOFF.

According to the government's press service, Pashinyan noted that, in his view, the biggest problem he must solve for young people is the signing and ratification of the peace agreement with Azerbaijan. "The Republic of Armenia, with its internationally recognized territories and open borders—figuratively, in this state, I must hand over the country to the youth. In my opinion, fundamental issues must be resolved from here. Especially now, given that we are deepening our relations with the European Union, and by 2029, I hope, we will have a decision on visa liberalization with the EU, the Academic City project, and the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations will be fully realized." "will become irreversible," he said.

He went on to acknowledge that economic stability and energy independence are also crucial components to completing the picture he described. In this vein, he added that he is currently focused on solving these problems.

"First, of course, peace, the institutionalization of peace. How confident am I that we can solve this problem? As the classic text says, no one can give a 100% guarantee. But I think the solution to this problem is realistic, albeit quite complex. And among these complexities, it is by no means unimportant that on the path to solving this problem, we need a roadmap, a political discourse, and an ideology that will be convincing to the public in general and to young people in particular. "Therefore, from this perspective and to address this issue, contacts with young people are extremely important and necessary," the Prime Minister stated.

He once again emphasized the importance of education in state-building and reiterated that his government's main goal is to make Armenia peaceful, secure, developing, and prosperous. Pashinyan acknowledged that this is a rather lengthy process.

The government reported that during the discussion, Pashinyan answered numerous questions regarding Armenia's foreign and domestic policies, establishing peace with Azerbaijan, the border demarcation process, steps taken to sign and ratify the peace agreement, the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and future expectations, relations with the CSTO, Armenia-EU cooperation and its further development, visa liberalization measures, and more.