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ARMENIA TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH NATO WITHIN IPAP
Kaynak: armtown.com
Yer: Armenia
Tarih: 6.7.2008
Armenia intends to develop cooperation with NATO in the framework of
the Individual Partnership Action Plan, President Serzh Sargsyan
said. `I think it will be a good experience for our armed forces. But
we have numerously stated that joining NATO is not on Armenia's
foreign policy agenda. Former President Kocharian and I, then-Defense
Minister, have commented on the issue,' the President said. Asked
whether Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan's aspiration to NATO may be
described as anti-Russian move, Mr Sargsyan said, `I do not remember
any state explaining its joining NATO by a wish to secure itself
against Russia. But I speak from the viewpoint of the Armenian
statehood. If our country is a member of CSTO and if there are Russian
bases here, joining NATO would certainly be an anti-Russian step. But
we don't have reasons to do so,' Kommersant reports.
ARMENIA TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH NATO WITHIN IPAP
Kaynak: armtown.com
Yer: Armenia
Tarih: 6.7.2008
Armenia intends to develop cooperation with NATO in the framework of
the Individual Partnership Action Plan, President Serzh Sargsyan
said. `I think it will be a good experience for our armed forces. But
we have numerously stated that joining NATO is not on Armenia's
foreign policy agenda. Former President Kocharian and I, then-Defense
Minister, have commented on the issue,' the President said. Asked
whether Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan's aspiration to NATO may be
described as anti-Russian move, Mr Sargsyan said, `I do not remember
any state explaining its joining NATO by a wish to secure itself
against Russia. But I speak from the viewpoint of the Armenian
statehood. If our country is a member of CSTO and if there are Russian
bases here, joining NATO would certainly be an anti-Russian step. But
we don't have reasons to do so,' Kommersant reports.