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WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO TIE OUR PROBLEMS ON EUROPE, RA DEFENCE MINISTER FINDS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 05 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Before joining the European Union,
Armenia must be able to solve its own problems. Serge Sargsian, the
RA Defence Minister stated about it on February 4 in the interview
given to the "Armenia" TV.
In his words, Armenia may not oblige its problems among which the
Karabakh problem and democratization of the society to the European
family. "We have no right to tie our problem on them, and they will
not accept us with this problem," the Minister mentioned.
Touching upon the outer and inner challenges addressed to the national
security, S.Sargsian mentioned that those are mutually connected with
each other and they must be confronted in parallel. In his words,
the Nagorno Karabakh problem, being first of all an outer challenge
is an inner challenge as well: "One must be able to unite the people
for it is ready to make a united decision." In the Minister's words
though 15-16 years passed after the independence of Armenia, there
are still phenomena of the transitional period in the country what is
not only an inner problem, either, and is in the center of attention
of the international society.
Noyan Tapan
Feb 05 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Before joining the European Union,
Armenia must be able to solve its own problems. Serge Sargsian, the
RA Defence Minister stated about it on February 4 in the interview
given to the "Armenia" TV.
In his words, Armenia may not oblige its problems among which the
Karabakh problem and democratization of the society to the European
family. "We have no right to tie our problem on them, and they will
not accept us with this problem," the Minister mentioned.
Touching upon the outer and inner challenges addressed to the national
security, S.Sargsian mentioned that those are mutually connected with
each other and they must be confronted in parallel. In his words,
the Nagorno Karabakh problem, being first of all an outer challenge
is an inner challenge as well: "One must be able to unite the people
for it is ready to make a united decision." In the Minister's words
though 15-16 years passed after the independence of Armenia, there
are still phenomena of the transitional period in the country what is
not only an inner problem, either, and is in the center of attention
of the international society.