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The signing of the Declaration and establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan does not merely mean stability or elimination of a gray zone in a close neighborhood of the EU, it also provides some new economic, trade opportunities, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said at a high-level discussion titled "From Lisbon to Yerevan: Envisioning Europe’s Strategy for the Wider Neighborhood" within the framework of the Warsaw Security Forum.
“Imagine when the railway connection is re-established between Armenia and Azerbaijan: this will have significance, not only to that part of the world, but to a much larger region, including the EU. But again, it's not the limit. Establishment of peace in South Caucasus allows South Caucasian countries to strengthen their sovereignties, to decrease their dependence from other major capitals and gives us the opportunity to have, for instance, specific foreign policies, I would be very specific: in Armenia, we could adopt in the National Assembly a law making EU accession a mandatory policy of the government of the Republic of Armenia. So from our side, there is a political will, there is a decision, fixed, constituted in a law, and now the EU colleagues should decide,” said Mirzoyan.