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SERGE SARGSIAN RECEIVES NATO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP
Serge Sargsian, RA Defense Minister, has received the
members of NATO International Consultative Group. The
press Secretary of RA Defense Ministry Seiran
Shahsouvaryan informed that the delegation includes
Minister plenipotentiary of Slovenia's Foreign
Ministry Damian Bergant, the Lithuania's Foreign
Minister James Gribovsky, the German adviser of RA
Government in security isssues, Major-General of
reserve, Holger Zamet, the representative of Defense
Ministry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Major-General of reserve, John
Drevienkievich, the senior staff scientist of the
Baltic Defense College, Margis Kolgan, the
representative of the Department for contacts with
countries and political relations of the Directorate
of the Euro Atlantic Integration and Partnership,
Lorenc Mayor-Minerman, the Director of the Latvian
Institute of International Relations, Atis Leinc, the
representative of the Clement of Ohrid Sofian
University, professor Todor Tanev. In the course of
the meeting, the British representatives stated that
the consultative group welcomes all the points of the
RA National Security concept regarding the state and
civil society development. Dwelling on the security
issues, the delegation members emphasized that two of
four states, contiguous with the Republic, i.e.
Azerbaijan and Turkey, hold Armenia in blockade. The
country can be connected to the outer world solely
though the roads in Georgia and Iran. As concerning
the foreign policy of the Republic of Armenia, the
group members noted that it is mainly conditioned by
two factors, important for all of the Armenian people,
that is, the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
The delegation members underscored in the end that
Armenia manages to conduct balanced policy from both
strategic and global, and tactical and regional
viewpoints.
By Nana Petrosian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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SERGE SARGSIAN RECEIVES NATO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP
Serge Sargsian, RA Defense Minister, has received the
members of NATO International Consultative Group. The
press Secretary of RA Defense Ministry Seiran
Shahsouvaryan informed that the delegation includes
Minister plenipotentiary of Slovenia's Foreign
Ministry Damian Bergant, the Lithuania's Foreign
Minister James Gribovsky, the German adviser of RA
Government in security isssues, Major-General of
reserve, Holger Zamet, the representative of Defense
Ministry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Major-General of reserve, John
Drevienkievich, the senior staff scientist of the
Baltic Defense College, Margis Kolgan, the
representative of the Department for contacts with
countries and political relations of the Directorate
of the Euro Atlantic Integration and Partnership,
Lorenc Mayor-Minerman, the Director of the Latvian
Institute of International Relations, Atis Leinc, the
representative of the Clement of Ohrid Sofian
University, professor Todor Tanev. In the course of
the meeting, the British representatives stated that
the consultative group welcomes all the points of the
RA National Security concept regarding the state and
civil society development. Dwelling on the security
issues, the delegation members emphasized that two of
four states, contiguous with the Republic, i.e.
Azerbaijan and Turkey, hold Armenia in blockade. The
country can be connected to the outer world solely
though the roads in Georgia and Iran. As concerning
the foreign policy of the Republic of Armenia, the
group members noted that it is mainly conditioned by
two factors, important for all of the Armenian people,
that is, the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
The delegation members underscored in the end that
Armenia manages to conduct balanced policy from both
strategic and global, and tactical and regional
viewpoints.
By Nana Petrosian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress