Armenia and China are rewriting the rules of cross-continental collaboration 🌐, with bilateral trade hitting $2.8 billion in 2024 – a staggering 34.4% year-on-year jump! 📈 Armenian Ambassador to China Vahe Gevorgyan revealed these eye-popping stats in an exclusive interview with CGTN’s Cui Yingjie ahead of Beijing’s Two Sessions, highlighting how China has become his country’s third-largest trading partner.
💡 Why it matters: The launch of their first-ever direct flights isn’t just cutting travel time – it’s supercharging cultural exchanges and diplomatic dialogue. ✈️ Gevorgyan praised China’s \"transformative modernization\" over two decades, calling its development of high-tech industries and eco-friendly solutions a blueprint for Armenia’s economic revival. 🔋💻
🌱 The big picture: As China shifts focus to \"new quality productive forces\" (think AI, green tech, and smart manufacturing), smaller nations like Armenia see partnership potential. Could this Silk Road 2.0 approach offer fresh solutions for global challenges? Gevorgyan thinks so, telling CGTN: \"Every country can find its place in this evolving system.\" 🤝
📺 Pro tip: The full interview digs deeper into how this Eurasian bond could reshape trade networks – perfect viewing while waiting for your next cross-continental flight! 🍿
