RUSSIA AND NATO DON’T HINDER EACH OTHER
Story from Lragir.am News:
Published: 15:20:51 – 06/06/2012
Within the framework of his official visit to Belgium on June 3-5,
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the Centre for European Policy
Studies (CEPS) where he delivered a speech and answered the questions
of the guests.
Dwelling on cooperation with NATO and Russia, the Armenian prime
minister said that strategic partnerships with Russia, EU and the U.S.
cannot interfere with one another, but on the contrary, it only helps.
Last year, Armenia joined the CIS Free Trade Agreement which opened
all the markets of the CIS. Now, such negotiations are underway with
the European Union and if an agreement is signed, the European market
will also open for us, he said.
Besides, we have military cooperation with CIS and NATO. We are not
going to become members of new political unions. We are obliged to
lead wise and balanced policy which will ensure the security of our
citizens, noted the premier.
But we state that we are interested in the European integration and
we see it as an evolutional process.
Now, we are in a blockade by Turkey and Azerbaijan, while international
sanctions on Iran limit our diversification. This means that
we are forced to spend immense resources to ensure security and
diversification.
From: A. Papazian