Armenian Army to Meet International Standards by 2015

PanARMENIAN.Net - «We aim at forming an army meeting international standards by 2015,» Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan said in the course of a meeting with Russian journalists. In his words, "from time to time Russian media publish not very friendly articles that Yerevan has the goal of forming an army, which will meet the NATO standards." "These are different things," the Armenian Defense Minister emphasized. In his words, Armenia "wishes to cooperate with other countries and the NATO, too, however that cooperation does not develop at the expense of the Armenian-Russian military cooperation." «We do not conceal from our western partners our relations with Russia and its Armed Forces,» S. Sargsyan said.