NATO MEMBERSHIP WOULD DOUBLE ARMENIA’S PROBLEMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.11.2007 13:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is not aspired for NATO membership but
is efficiently cooperating with the Alliance, RA President Robert
Kocharian stated in Helsinki.
He said he doesn’t see serious contradictions between Armenia’s
membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
and cooperation with NATO.
"NATO is the most influential European security organization and we
should cooperate with it," he said adding Armenia doesn’t intend to
join the Alliance.
"Armenia is located in a region where NATO membership would create
extra problems. We cooperate not to please Brussels. We do choose
cooperation which strengthens our security. NATO membership is not
the thing," he said, ITAR-TASS reports.