Armenia's participation in IPAP proceeds from state's security considerationsMarch 12, 2007 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The opening of NATO Information Center in Yerevan is one of the points of Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated in Yerevan during the opening ceremony of NATO Information Center. "For Armenian population are very important information and activities of NATO, which people were deprived of during Soviet times. The opening of Center is dictated by utmost necessity to establish further dialog and cooperation with the Alliance," the RA FM said. Alongside he stressed that Armenia's participation in IPAP proceeds from state's security considerations. "Armenia is also a CSTO member-state, which does not contradict to the cooperation with the Alliance. Every country is free to choose its own system of security. But the issue of Armenia's membership to NATO is out of agenda of Armenian foreign policy," Oskanian stressed. 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. |