ARMENIA’S FUTURE IS OUT OF NATO, SAYS ARMENIAN COMMUNIST

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 24 2006

I do not think that future of Caucasus is in integration with NATO,
Yury Manoukyan, Chair of the United Communist Party of RA, said at
the press conference today.

He added that in case Armenia joins the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) the latter will impose its policy over the
country. In the course of it the state, sooner or later, will fall
under the full dependence of the Alliance. "Would we be able to be
fulfilling somebody else’s will all our life?", rhetorically asked Y.

Manoukyan. He said that if the states of the region start joining
NATO separately, it may cause a conflict of military interests and
will bring instability to the region.

"I think that Armenia, Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan should make a
joint decision on integration with NATO because this question serves
the interests of all the sides", he pointed out. Speaking on the
so-called ‘profitability’ of Armenia’s integration with NATO, leader
of the Communists said that he was not aware of facts proving that
point. "We should be presented with proves that Armenia will gain
from integration with the Alliance. We are fed up with groundless
promises. It is time to go from words to business", concluded Y.
Manoukyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress