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Armenia and India agree to strengthen ties during leaders’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan
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Armenia and India agree to strengthen ties during leaders’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Context piece
  • Nikol Pashinyan and Narendra Modi agreed to strengthen Armenia-India ties during a meeting on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan.
  • The leaders discussed cooperation in the economy, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, infrastructure, investment and tourism.
  • They also discussed the TRIPP land corridor through southern Armenia, as well as military cooperation following a recent visit by India’s defense minister to Yerevan.

Armenia and India are seeking to broaden a relationship that already includes close military cooperation, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreeing to deepen ties across a wide range of sectors.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan. An Armenian government statement said they described the friendship between the two countries as strong and expressed a willingness to continue efforts to deepen it.

Their discussions covered the economy, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, infrastructure, investment and tourism. Pashinyan renewed his invitation for Modi to visit Armenia and said he was also ready to travel to India.

The friendship between Armenia and India has always been solid, and we expressed our willingness to continue efforts to deepen it further.

— Armenian government statementThe statement summarized the leaders’ position on bilateral relations.

The leaders exchanged views on regional issues, including the planned Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP. The land corridor is expected to cross southern Armenia and support trade between Asia and Europe.

The meeting came days after Indian Defense Minister Rajesh Kumar Singh visited Yerevan to strengthen military cooperation. Media reports said New Delhi could supply Armenia with Indian-made Pralay tactical missiles. India has become one of Armenia’s main military partners in recent years, as Yerevan has moved away from Moscow after the second Nagorno-Karabakh war and subsequent accusations that its former main ally failed to assist amid reported incursions into Armenian territory.

They discussed issues related to the development of cooperation in the fields of the economy, technology, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry, education, infrastructure, investment and tourism.

— Armenian government statementThe statement listed the sectors covered in the meeting.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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