Armenia should speed up cooperation with NATO – MP

Arminfo
5 Mar 05

YEREVAN

Armenia should speed up its cooperation with NATO, which will help
increase guarantees of regional security, the head of the commission
on defence, national security and interior issues, Mger Shakhgeldyan,
stated at a press conference at the Pakagits Club today.

He stressed that he was not diminishing the role and importance of the
CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization [CSTO] as a guarantor of
regional security. Shakhgeldyan said that the deepening of Armenia’s
cooperation with NATO will not obstruct the country’s membership of
the CSTO.

“So far, the CSTO has not expressed its dissatisfaction with the
intensification of Armenia’s relations with NATO. In turn, NATO has
not expressed its dissatisfaction with Armenia’s membership of the
CSTO either,” Shakhgeldyan said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress