U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Armenia on February 9 for a two-day official visit with First Lady Usha Vance, meeting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and signing a joint statement concluding negotiations on a U.S.-Armenia peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement, while also announcing $9 billion in planned U.S. engagement in Armenia’s nuclear energy sector and confirming an $11 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales deal tied to Armenia’s acquisition of U.S. V-BAT drones. At the airport, Vance was welcomed by Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, Mayor of Yerevan Tigran Avinyan, and Armenia’s Ambassador to the...