Former Deputy PM: The Arab world is very important for Armenia

ArmInfo.  Each new partner, each new axis of interaction, each new diplomatic platform  adds stability, flexibility, and effectiveness to the country. This  is how the logic of the "+1" policy is formed, as stated by Armen  Gevorgyan, member of the National Assembly from the opposition  "Armenia" faction and former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia, in his article.

In this context, the politician believes, the Arab world is very  important for Armenia. "First of all, it is important to emphasize an  obvious, but almost always ignored difference: relations with the  Arab world are not the same as relations with the entire Islamic  world. Arab civilization, the Turkic geopolitical project and the  Iranian sphere of influence are three different poles. Today, in the  context of a rapidly changing region, the issue of the new content of  Armenian-Arab relations requires a completely different approach. Not  tactical, but conceptual, not narrowly political, but civilizational.  The Arab world is a territory of competing states, complex elites,  economic strategies, cultural traditions and accumulated political  wisdom.  The Armenian-Arab perspective contains something that cannot  be artificially created: the Armenian communities in Beirut,  Damascus, Baghdad, and Jerusalem. Arab states have provided Armenians  with the opportunity to preserve their faith, language and history, a  fact that has not been forgotten. Armenians have become part of the  Arab world, its cultural, social and intellectual structure. Today,  when a new geopolitical map of our region is being formed, Armenia's  relations with the Arab  world is acquiring such significance," the  former Deputy Prime Minister noted.

He added that the Arab world is capable of strengthening Armenia's  foreign policy independence, providing new economic opportunities,  paving the way for modern technologies and investments, expanding  security space, and creating additional channels of international  support. For relations with the Arab world to become a strategic  direction, Armenia, as Armen Gevorgyan noted, must offer not only  friendship but also essence. "Armenia as the defender of the  Christian heritage in the Middle East. This is not a slogan. It is a  historical mission. Armenia is the only Christian country in the  region that has maintained living ties with the Christian communities  of the Levant, the only one perceived as the natural protector of  these communities. Christians in the region are extremely vulnerable  today. Armenia must speak out louder than others. This is not  interference, but a continuation of our memory. And everyone in the  Arab world understands this," the politician emphasized.