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TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMPLICATED RELATIONS OF ARMENIA WITH AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY, SETTING UP OF A SINGLE SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS IS ABSOLUTELY UNREALISTIC
arminfo
Friday, July 13, 20:11
At present stage, taking into consideration the complicated relations
of Armenia with Azerbaijan and Turkey, setting up of a single
security system in the South Caucasus is absolutely unrealistic,
representative of National Institute for Strategic Studies under
the president of Ukraine, Anna Shelest, told Arminfo correspondent
within the frames of the project of the Investigation centre "Region"
(Armenia)"Security of South Caucasus countries and NATO".
"Security system does not only mean membership in any organization. It
is an instrument which may be effective and at the same time absolutely
senseless. The security system should consist of international
and legal machinery for settlement of relations in this sphere; the
multilateral and bilateral cooperation of the countries of the region;
measures of trust; absence of conflicts between the countries; the
collective measures for providing security; coordination of actions
and information exchange and many other things which are not available
in the South Caucasus", - she said.
She also added one should not unite all the three countries of the
region as all of them have different tasks. Thus, in fact Azerbaijan
and Armenia have been upgrading their armies and do not pay the needed
attention to direct reforming of the armed forces. For instance, in
Azerbaijan this happens first of all because they do not want to see
civilians in the board of the Defence ministry, and to demonstrate
transparency of the budget of the ministry - which is NATO's demand.
"Formally, the Defence Ministry explains it by the fact that Azerbaijan
is in war against Armenia. But at the same time the army forming has
been taking place according to the NATO standards, as they are more
effective, plus cooperation with Turkey - NATO member-state.
As for Georgia, here the defence restructuring was a part of the
general reform of the security sector, which was provided by the
support from the side of NATO, the USA, the Great Britain, France,
Germany and Turkey", - the Ukrainian expert concluded.
From: Baghdasarian
arminfo
Friday, July 13, 20:11
At present stage, taking into consideration the complicated relations
of Armenia with Azerbaijan and Turkey, setting up of a single
security system in the South Caucasus is absolutely unrealistic,
representative of National Institute for Strategic Studies under
the president of Ukraine, Anna Shelest, told Arminfo correspondent
within the frames of the project of the Investigation centre "Region"
(Armenia)"Security of South Caucasus countries and NATO".
"Security system does not only mean membership in any organization. It
is an instrument which may be effective and at the same time absolutely
senseless. The security system should consist of international
and legal machinery for settlement of relations in this sphere; the
multilateral and bilateral cooperation of the countries of the region;
measures of trust; absence of conflicts between the countries; the
collective measures for providing security; coordination of actions
and information exchange and many other things which are not available
in the South Caucasus", - she said.
She also added one should not unite all the three countries of the
region as all of them have different tasks. Thus, in fact Azerbaijan
and Armenia have been upgrading their armies and do not pay the needed
attention to direct reforming of the armed forces. For instance, in
Azerbaijan this happens first of all because they do not want to see
civilians in the board of the Defence ministry, and to demonstrate
transparency of the budget of the ministry - which is NATO's demand.
"Formally, the Defence Ministry explains it by the fact that Azerbaijan
is in war against Armenia. But at the same time the army forming has
been taking place according to the NATO standards, as they are more
effective, plus cooperation with Turkey - NATO member-state.
As for Georgia, here the defence restructuring was a part of the
general reform of the security sector, which was provided by the
support from the side of NATO, the USA, the Great Britain, France,
Germany and Turkey", - the Ukrainian expert concluded.
From: Baghdasarian