ARMENIA TO ONLY BENEFIT FROM RUSSIA’S HIGH LEVEL COOPERATION WITH
US, NATO AND EU: ARMENIA’S DM
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24. ARMINFO. Armenia’s Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan met
today with NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative to the Caucasus
and Central Asia Robert Simmons.
Sargsyan said that cooperation with NATO is important part of Armenia’s
security. Simmons introduced Sargsyan to NATO Communication Office to the
South Caucasus Romualds Razuks. He thanked Sargsyan for Armenia’s active
involvement in NATO programs. Sargsyan says that Armenia gives high
importance to its relations with NATO and will go on to deepen them and to
get more actively involved in NATO projects. “Were it not for our unsettled
conflict we would show even deeper involvement,” Sargsyan said.
Simmons said that the Karabakh conflict curbs the development of the South
Caucasus. NATO is not directly involved in the Karabakh peace process but
attentively follows it. Simmons believes that the conflicting parties will
reach mutually acceptable agreement on the issue.
He said that NATO does not rival with any neighboring country in the region.
Sargsyan said that Armenia will only benefit from Russia’s high level
cooperation with the US, NATO and EU.