ARMENIA’S MILITARY FOR CLOSER TIES WITH NATO
ITAR-TASS, Russia
Dec 6 2006
YEREVAN, December 6 (Itar-Tass) – Intensification of Armenia-NATO
cooperation "is an imperative of the day aimed at counteraction to
challenges," Armenian Defense Minister, Secretary of the National
Security Council Serzh Sarkisian said at a meeting with the head
of a delegation of the European Commission in Armenia Per Eklund
on Wednesday.
"Relations with NATO are one of the components of Armenia’s national
security," the minister said. According to the minister, "involvement
in the European neighbourhood policy was the turning point in Armenia’s
relations with the European Union."
He stressed the importance of the republic’s plan for actions within
this policy’s framework adopted on November 14 and the activities
of the President Robert Kocharyan-led coordination commission for
relations with European structures.