Armenia's Participation in CSTO Does Not Contradict Armenia-NATO CooperationDecember 19, 2006 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's National Security strategy is a solid and good document, said Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the strategy is completely public and open for examination. "It is based on up till now realized principles and I think the strategy will guide all of us in our future work," said Oskanian adding that there is no document, which has been discussed so publicly in Armenia. "Already several months active discussions are being carried out, the Defense Minister had meetings with all interested persons, including journalists," said Oskanian. Speaking on Armenian-Georgian relations in the given contexts, the Foreign Minister underlined that Tbilisi is a very crucial partner for Yerevan and it is necessary to build accurate relations with Georgia. In concern of Russia's participation in Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, Oskanian stressed that ArmRosGazprom deals with gas on the territory of Armenia and the second consortium is just needless. Continuing the subject of Armenian-Russian relations on the light of Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO, the Foreign Minister said that Armenia's participation in CSTO does not contradict the Armenia-NATO cooperation. "They supplement each other, and this is the main point of our complementary policy," underscored Oskanian. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |