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SARGSYAN: COOPERATION WITH MOSCOW IS NOT IN CONTRADICTION WITH EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Interfax, Russia
June 26 2013
Yerevan has never taken any steps against Moscow and it will never
do that, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"The strategic relationship between Armenia and Russia is not a
secret to anyone. We have never taken a step that could be directed
against Russia, and we have no complexes to prompt us take this
step," Sargsyan answered the question about Armenia's standpoint
on integration processes at a joint press conference with Polish
President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw.
"We had been neighbors with Russia for many years and parts of the
same state for a long time. Relations of friendship based on mutual
respect have formed through centuries. Our peoples are friends, we have
a common history and we are proud of it," the Armenian presidential
press service quoted Sargsyan to Interfax.
Armenia and Russia are CSTO member countries; they have broad
military-technical and economic relations, he said.
"Ourpeople are a bearer for European values, and it is our goal
to develop our society in accordance with these values. Armenia is
one of the countries that have achieved the best results in the EU
Eastern Partnership program. We operate on the "both" rather than
"either or" principle. And I do not see any contradictions here,"
the Armenian president said.
Poland is assisting the Armenian advancement towards European
integration, Sargsyan said. "We need this assistance in technological
and material matters and the exchange of experience," Sargsyan said.
From: Baghdasarian
Interfax, Russia
June 26 2013
Yerevan has never taken any steps against Moscow and it will never
do that, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"The strategic relationship between Armenia and Russia is not a
secret to anyone. We have never taken a step that could be directed
against Russia, and we have no complexes to prompt us take this
step," Sargsyan answered the question about Armenia's standpoint
on integration processes at a joint press conference with Polish
President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw.
"We had been neighbors with Russia for many years and parts of the
same state for a long time. Relations of friendship based on mutual
respect have formed through centuries. Our peoples are friends, we have
a common history and we are proud of it," the Armenian presidential
press service quoted Sargsyan to Interfax.
Armenia and Russia are CSTO member countries; they have broad
military-technical and economic relations, he said.
"Ourpeople are a bearer for European values, and it is our goal
to develop our society in accordance with these values. Armenia is
one of the countries that have achieved the best results in the EU
Eastern Partnership program. We operate on the "both" rather than
"either or" principle. And I do not see any contradictions here,"
the Armenian president said.
Poland is assisting the Armenian advancement towards European
integration, Sargsyan said. "We need this assistance in technological
and material matters and the exchange of experience," Sargsyan said.
From: Baghdasarian