NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: CURRENT EFFORTS BY ARMENIA AND TURKEY TO NORMALIZE THEIR RELATIONS CAN HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NATO
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2009-11-04 14:04:00
ArmInfo. "It is not true, that the difficulties that Turkey and Armenia
have had in their bilateral relationship constituted, as you say, a
"serious obstacle" to the development of NATO-Armenia relations in
the past," says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an
interview with Day.az.
"Armenia has been a member of the Partnership for Peace since 1994
and NATO- Armenia relations have been developing dynamically for a
considerable period of time now. So I do not think, that there is a
direct link between the two processes.
That said, I welcome the recent agreement signed between Turkey and
Armenia. I am confident, that the current efforts by Armenia and
Turkey to normalize their relations can have a beneficial effect
not only on the further development of NATO’s ties with Armenia,
but also on regional security as a whole," he says.
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