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SPEAKER DENIES ARMENIA DEPENDS ON RUSSIA
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
7 Sep 05
Washington, 7 September: The chairman of the Armenian National
Assembly, Artur Bagdasaryan, disagrees with the view of some American
experts that his country's political, economic and military dependence
on Russia is very high. "Russia is a friend of Armenia," Bagdasaryan
said in his address to the Washington Woodrow Wilson International
Centre on 6 September.
At the same time, he noted that there has really emerged an "imbalance"
in Armenia's relations with other countries. Due to historical reasons
and the geopolitical situation of recent years, relations between
Yerevan and Moscow are incomparably wider than with Washington,
Paris or London.
The "potential" of mutually beneficial contacts between Armenia,
the USA and Europe is not being exploited in full," Bagdasaryan said.
The speaker of the Armenian parliament said that his country needs
to develop relations with both NATO and the USA, including in the
military sphere. However, the key direction of Yerevan's foreign
policy, the speaker said, must be integration into European political
and economic organizations.
In a conversation with a correspondent of ITAR-TASS, Bagdasaryan said
that he had discussed ways of further developing American-Armenian
relations with representatives of the administration and leaders of
the US congress.
On 6 September, the speaker of the Armenian National Assembly left
for New York to take part in the second UN conference of parliament
speakers.
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
7 Sep 05
Washington, 7 September: The chairman of the Armenian National
Assembly, Artur Bagdasaryan, disagrees with the view of some American
experts that his country's political, economic and military dependence
on Russia is very high. "Russia is a friend of Armenia," Bagdasaryan
said in his address to the Washington Woodrow Wilson International
Centre on 6 September.
At the same time, he noted that there has really emerged an "imbalance"
in Armenia's relations with other countries. Due to historical reasons
and the geopolitical situation of recent years, relations between
Yerevan and Moscow are incomparably wider than with Washington,
Paris or London.
The "potential" of mutually beneficial contacts between Armenia,
the USA and Europe is not being exploited in full," Bagdasaryan said.
The speaker of the Armenian parliament said that his country needs
to develop relations with both NATO and the USA, including in the
military sphere. However, the key direction of Yerevan's foreign
policy, the speaker said, must be integration into European political
and economic organizations.
In a conversation with a correspondent of ITAR-TASS, Bagdasaryan said
that he had discussed ways of further developing American-Armenian
relations with representatives of the administration and leaders of
the US congress.
On 6 September, the speaker of the Armenian National Assembly left
for New York to take part in the second UN conference of parliament
speakers.