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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    Kocharian: Armenia Not Going to Join NATO

    22.04.2006 19:52 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Armenia is not going to join the
    NATO," Armenian President Robert Kocharian said, when
    answering a question of the Golos Armenii. He stated
    it in response to the newspaper's request to comment
    on Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan's statement to
    the Frankfurter Allgemaine that "EU and NATO are the
    future of Armenia" and "Russia should not be on the
    way to the Europe." Commenting on the statement
    Kocharian said, "Armenia's foreign policy line remains
    unchanged. Within the NATO-Armenia Individual
    Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) our country is
    expanding the cooperation with the North-Atlantic
    Alliance, as a key European security organization. We
    expect effective cooperation, especially in reform of
    the Armed Forces and peacekeeping. However, Armenia is
    not going to join the NATO. Participation in the
    Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the
    high level of military and technical cooperation with
    Russia properly solve security issues." In the words
    of the Armenian leader, today Armenia prepares to
    closer cooperation with the EU within the European
    Neighborhood Policy (ENP), however does not formulate
    the question of accession to the EU. "Euro-Atlantic
    ambitions of Armenia are balanced, realistic, are
    positively taken by European structures and do not
    form problems in relations with Russia. We declare the
    same position in Moscow, Brussels and Washington," the
    Armenian President said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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