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    ARMENIA'S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA CAN'T AFFECT ITS TIES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

    /ARKA/
    August 24, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenia's western partners know very
    well that Yerevan's relations with Russia in one alliance will be
    strengthening, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan
    said in an interview with Armenian Public Television.

    However, it doesn't mean that Armenia will stop developing its
    western ties.

    The deputy minister doesn't think that military cooperation with Russia
    can hobble development of Yerevan's relations with European countries
    and the United States and sees no necessity to comment the matter.

    "Comments are needed only when a player is not honest, but our words
    and deeds are never at variance," he said adding that Armenia has never
    said it could appease one of its partners at the expense of another.

    Kocharyan said that Armenia has always been open.

    He stressed that not a single country can exist out of security
    systems.

    "Even superpowers, such as the United States, are members of certain
    security systems though playing the leading part in them. The same
    applies to Russia. Collective Security Treaty Organization is a
    security system where everybody understands Russia's role."

    Kocharyan thinks smaller countries should clearly decide their
    orientation.

    "Today our guarantee is Armenian-Russian strategic and allied
    relations," he said in his interview.




    From: A. Papazian
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