It's politically significant in terms of its location. It's a potential key point in Eurasia, I suppose, with transit from Europe, Iran and other parts of the former Soviet Union. It has interesting and important mineral wealth, as well as oil and gas wealth. I think there are some important Canadian diaspora communities, which make it relevant to us.
Finally, as indicated earlier, in the new geopolitical context, as Armenia seeks to extricate itself from the Russian orbit—it has traditionally looked to Russia to be its security guarantor in the face of Turkish and Azeri hostility—this is a chance to support, to use Mr. Dion's words, a “fragile democracy”.