Konstantin Kosachev highly appreciates Armenian President’s speech at Munich Security Conference

Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Monday


Konstantin Kosachev highly appreciates Armenian President's speech at
Munich Security Conference


YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of Russia, says
the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s speech at Munich Security
Conference on February 16-18 was one of the most important speeches of
the conference relating to security issues which was distinguished by
its constructivism and balance.

“The discussion, which was attended by the Armenian President, the
Moldovan Prime Minister, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood
Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and me, was one of the
examples that the agenda of the Munich conference becomes more
comprehensive and starts presenting different views, and such tendency
can just be welcomed. I have expressed my sincere gratitude to Serzh
Sargsyan for his perfect speech as he had his constructive
contribution to the discussion, made a balanced and responsible
analysis on what is happening now in Armenia and on regional relations
in general, as well as in a more global context where Armenia
undoubtedly plays its unique role. Without exaggeration his speech was
focused and was under the attention”, he told Armenpress.

Konstantin Kosachev said the conference participants were focused on
Armenia’s multivector policy, in other words, the experience by which
Armenia combines its participation in the EAEU and EU integration
processes.

“This is really perhaps the only and unique case”, he said, recalling
Ukraine’s experience. “The same didn’t happen in case of Armenia, and
this agreement was made in accordance with Armenia’s interests with
its whole cooperation range taking into account also its obligations
in the EAEU. This is the example on how it is possible to act by
finding a solution to hard and perhaps quite delicate matters by
normal and constructive way. In 2012-2013, before the Ukrainian
crisis, we proposed the EU and Ukraine to organize a similar
discussion to avoid some contradictions: that time the EU gave us
tough response stating that it is not a subject of discussion, it is
the internal problem of that relations, but we all know what this
resulted in”, the Russian official said, stating that it only can be
welcomed that Armenia runs a right policy on the way of cooperation
with different integration structures.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan delivered speech at the Munich
Security Conference touching upon Armenia’s foreign policy, as well as
a number of regional issues.

Syuzi Muradyan