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17:40 12/10/06
ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SPECIAL REP OF
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan held a joint press
conference today with Robert Simons, special representative of NATO
Secretary General. Oskanyan mentioned that Armenia is developing
smooth relationships with NATO through individual partnership
programs. The minister said these programs are developed upon mutual
consent based on the preferences of the partner-country. He also
assured that Armenia willingly is not involved in some programs where
Azerbaijan and Georgia are present.
`I want once again to mention that NATO supports Minsk Group,'
Mr. Simons said speaking about Karabakh conflict. He said he had
uttered the same in Baku ten days ago saying NATO is not part of
negotiations and the issue should be solved within OSCE Minsk Group.
Speaking about Russian-Georgian conflict, NATO represerntative was
very careful in words as saying, `The steps that Russia undertakes are
not favourable not only for Georgia but for the whole region.'
/Panorama.am/
17:40 12/10/06
ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SPECIAL REP OF
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan held a joint press
conference today with Robert Simons, special representative of NATO
Secretary General. Oskanyan mentioned that Armenia is developing
smooth relationships with NATO through individual partnership
programs. The minister said these programs are developed upon mutual
consent based on the preferences of the partner-country. He also
assured that Armenia willingly is not involved in some programs where
Azerbaijan and Georgia are present.
`I want once again to mention that NATO supports Minsk Group,'
Mr. Simons said speaking about Karabakh conflict. He said he had
uttered the same in Baku ten days ago saying NATO is not part of
negotiations and the issue should be solved within OSCE Minsk Group.
Speaking about Russian-Georgian conflict, NATO represerntative was
very careful in words as saying, `The steps that Russia undertakes are
not favourable not only for Georgia but for the whole region.'
/Panorama.am/