President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who is spending a part of his vacation abroad, met with Minister for European Neighborhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton in London.
During the meeting, the parties touched upon the prospects for development and deepening of cooperation between the two countries. Minister Morton informed that next year the United Kingdom will be hosting the 26th Climate Change Summit (COP26), which Armenia is expected to participate. Morton asked about Armenia’s approaches to the challenges of climate change, to which President Sarkissian stated that he personally supports the ‘green’ approach and has always attached and attaches importance to nature protection. In this context, Sarkissian talked about his idea of establishing an Armenian Park in the premises of Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial.
President Sarkissian also presented several other presidential initiatives. He particularly touched upon the ATOM (Advanced Tomorrow) initiative, stating that Armenia will be highly focused on artificial intelligence, mathematical modeling, digital data management and several other sectors through this initiative. Sarkissian also touched upon the 6th STARMUS International Festival and the annual Armenian Summit of Minds to be held in Armenia next year and invited Morton to attend the events.