YEREVAN, February 9. /TASS/. Armenia and the United States signed a joint statement concluding negotiations on a nuclear energy cooperation agreement, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced at a joint briefing with US Vice President J.D. Vance.

"Minutes earlier, Vice President Vance and I signed a joint statement between the governments of Armenia and the United States concluding negotiations on the 123 agreements on cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy. This agreement will open a new chapter in the deepening Armenian-American energy cooperation and will promote Armenia's energy diversity," Pashinyan said.

The announcement was broadcast by local television channels.