Before Acemoğlu's speech, Narek Karapetyan, one of the movement's leaders, announced that Acemoğlu would participate as an advisor and expert in the movement's work on Armenia's economic development programme. In his speech, Acemoğlu emphasised that ‘artificial intelligence and the opportunities it will bring are particularly important for Armenia's development, and that the establishment of inclusive and accountable institutions is essential.’At the latest meeting organised by the ‘Our Way's’ movement, founded by Russian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan and currently in the process of becoming a political party, a video message sent by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoğlu was shared, stating that Acemoğlu would be advising the movement. Acemoğlu told Agos, ‘I sent a message for their conference, but I have no connection with the party.’
Following this development, many news sites in Armenia published reports that Acemoğlu had joined Karapetyan's movement.
Responding to Agos's question on the matter, Acemoğlu said, ‘I am not working with any party in Armenia or Turkey. I sent a message for their conference, but I have no connection with the party.’
