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ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STATED THAT "THE PROCESS OF NATO EXPANSION IS AN OBJECTIVE REALITY, WHICH WE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT"
Mediamax
February 6, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian presidential candidate, former Foreign
Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikian stated in Yerevan today
that "the process of NATO expansion is an objective reality, which
we should take into account".
Mediamax reports that Arman Melikian said this today during the meeting
with journalists in the Information Center on NATO in Yerevan. The
Information Center on NATO sent invitations to all the 9 presidential
candidates with a proposal to publicly present their approaches to
the issues of security provision in Armenia.
According to the candidate, he considers the presence of a Russian
military base in Armenia one of the considerable guarantees for
provision of security of the republic. Arman Melikian noted that
besides the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Armenia is
not a member of any other alliance, meant to solve the problems of
security provision.
Arman Melikian stated that "the cooperation of Armenia with NATO is
also very important". At the same time, the candidate stated, "in
the course of the recent few years NATO ceased being a homogeneous
organization, and it is not by chance that the Western countries
raise the issue on establishing their own united armed forces, not
under the control of the Alliance".
Mediamax
February 6, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian presidential candidate, former Foreign
Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikian stated in Yerevan today
that "the process of NATO expansion is an objective reality, which
we should take into account".
Mediamax reports that Arman Melikian said this today during the meeting
with journalists in the Information Center on NATO in Yerevan. The
Information Center on NATO sent invitations to all the 9 presidential
candidates with a proposal to publicly present their approaches to
the issues of security provision in Armenia.
According to the candidate, he considers the presence of a Russian
military base in Armenia one of the considerable guarantees for
provision of security of the republic. Arman Melikian noted that
besides the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Armenia is
not a member of any other alliance, meant to solve the problems of
security provision.
Arman Melikian stated that "the cooperation of Armenia with NATO is
also very important". At the same time, the candidate stated, "in
the course of the recent few years NATO ceased being a homogeneous
organization, and it is not by chance that the Western countries
raise the issue on establishing their own united armed forces, not
under the control of the Alliance".