JAMES APPATHURAI: NATO WISHES TO EXPAND COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
14:08 18/10/2013 ” TOPIC OF THE DAY
I have had excellent meetings with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
and other senior officials and we discussed a broad range of issues
related to Armenia-NATO cooperation, NATO Secretary General’s Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai
told reporters in Yerevan.
Mr Appathurai noted that NATO wishes to expand and deepen cooperation
with Armenia and the Armenian leaders have said that there is no
problem between membership to CSTO and cooperation with NATO.
Regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, James Appathurai said that
NATO is not involved in the settlement process and supports the
activities of the OSCE Minsk Group.
“We cooperate with both Armenia and Azerbaijan and during all meetings
stress peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” he said.
There is no military resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and
compromised political settlement is the only way, he concluded.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian