Kocharian: Armenia Not Going to Join NATOApril 22, 2006 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - «Armenia is not going to join the NATO,» Armenian President Robert Kocharian said, when answering a question of the Golos Armenii. He stated it in response to the newspaper's request to comment on Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan's statement to the Frankfurter Allgemaine that "EU and NATO are the future of Armenia" and "Russia should not be on the way to the Europe." Commenting on the statement Kocharian said, "Armenia's foreign policy line remains unchanged. Within the NATO-Armenia Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) our country is expanding the cooperation with the North-Atlantic Alliance, as a key European security organization. We expect effective cooperation, especially in reform of the Armed Forces and peacekeeping. However, Armenia is not going to join the NATO. Participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the high level of military and technical cooperation with Russia properly solve security issues." In the words of the Armenian leader, today Armenia prepares to closer cooperation with the EU within the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), however does not formulate the question of accession to the EU. «Euro-Atlantic ambitions of Armenia are balanced, realistic, are positively taken by European structures and do not form problems in relations with Russia. We declare the same position in Moscow, Brussels and Washington,» the Armenian President said. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |