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NATO REPRESENTATIVE EVADES QUESTION ON ARMENIA'S BLOCKADE BY TURKEY
July 10, 2014 | 13:12
NATO's coordinator for Southern Caucasus Despina Afentouli silently
evaded the query on whether blockading the border of a neighboring
country falls into the principles that guide the Alliance.
At Thursday's press conference in Armenia's capital city Yerevan,
Afentouli was reminded that Turkey is the sole Armenia-bordering NATO
member country that has closed its border with Armenia for already
twenty years, and it prepares to sign a military assistance agreement
with Azerbaijan.
In response, the NATO representative stated that the Alliance builds
its relations based on the peculiarities of each country. Accordingly,
each country defines for itself the degree of integration and the
level of relations.
Afentouli also stressed that NATO respects all countries and their
territorial integrity and independence. Moreover, as per Afentouli,
the Alliance member countries do not have to make their decisions
comply with NATO's view. Nonetheless, their foreign policies shall
not run counter to the NATO general precepts.
To the query on whether the closing of the borders with neighboring
countries and Turkey's assistance to Azerbaijan--which prepares for a
new war against Armenia--stem from the NATO principles, the Alliance's
representative stated that NATO has no such calculations. In her words,
the Alliance is aware of the disagreements between Armenia and Turkey,
and it previously contributed to the attempts to search for avenues
to normalize bilateral relations.
http://news.am/eng/news/218501.html
From: A. Papazian
July 10, 2014 | 13:12
NATO's coordinator for Southern Caucasus Despina Afentouli silently
evaded the query on whether blockading the border of a neighboring
country falls into the principles that guide the Alliance.
At Thursday's press conference in Armenia's capital city Yerevan,
Afentouli was reminded that Turkey is the sole Armenia-bordering NATO
member country that has closed its border with Armenia for already
twenty years, and it prepares to sign a military assistance agreement
with Azerbaijan.
In response, the NATO representative stated that the Alliance builds
its relations based on the peculiarities of each country. Accordingly,
each country defines for itself the degree of integration and the
level of relations.
Afentouli also stressed that NATO respects all countries and their
territorial integrity and independence. Moreover, as per Afentouli,
the Alliance member countries do not have to make their decisions
comply with NATO's view. Nonetheless, their foreign policies shall
not run counter to the NATO general precepts.
To the query on whether the closing of the borders with neighboring
countries and Turkey's assistance to Azerbaijan--which prepares for a
new war against Armenia--stem from the NATO principles, the Alliance's
representative stated that NATO has no such calculations. In her words,
the Alliance is aware of the disagreements between Armenia and Turkey,
and it previously contributed to the attempts to search for avenues
to normalize bilateral relations.
http://news.am/eng/news/218501.html
From: A. Papazian