Armenian society is facing a historic change

2026-05-24

First of all, as a citizen of Georgia and as a citizen, I wish the Armenian nation to hold the parliamentary elections on June 7 peacefully. In my deep conviction, the Armenian people are facing a historic choice related to the search for new paths. The first is the European path, and the second is the Silk Road. There is also a third - the path to Moscow.

The European path

The CIS was a 35-year stage of life for Armenia, not an era of development. Peace, development, investments in education and modern technologies are the way of life of countries with a market economy. Where trade is free and people are able to accumulate capital and savings in a fair environment.

I would like to remind the Armenian people of the words of the British politician Margaret Thatcher: "Without economic freedom, no freedom is possible."

Silk Road

This road covers half of the world's economic history and economic geography. Armenia is a member state of the following international and regional transit programs: TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe - Caucasus - Asia); South-West Corridor (India - Iran - Armenia - Georgia - Black Sea - Europe); CAMCA (Central Asia - Mongolia - Caucasus - Afghanistan). The Republic of Armenia is also crossed by the Horadiz-Zangelan transit route. The project "Crossroads of Peace", supported by official Yerevan, is already valid in name only.

I would like to remind the Armenian people of the words of the French economist Frederic Bastiat: "A border that goods do not cross, soldiers of other countries will cross it".

Free trade achieves security, which brings guaranteed peace. This is also an important basis for the existence of the modern USA, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the European Union.

The Moscow path is a dangerous path.

The messages of the British politician and the French economist exist so that there may be freedom and peace in the world. It is precisely French freedom and British peace that I wish the Armenian nation.

Zurab Maghradze

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