ARMENIAN MINISTER HAILS COOPERATION WITH NATO
ITAR-TASS, Russia
Dec 7 2006
Yerevan, 6 December: The expansion of cooperation between Armenia
and NATO "is perforce and aimed at countering the challenges," the
secretary of the Armenian national security council under the president
and defence minister, Serzh Sarkisyan, said today at a meeting with
the head of the European Commission Delegation to Armenia, ambassador
Per Eklund.
"Mutual relations with NATO are one of the components of Armenia’s
national security," the minister said.
The defence minister believes that "the republic’s involvement in
European Neighbourhood Policy was a turning point in the relations
between Armenia and the European Union".
He also noted the importance of Armenia’s Action Plan adopted on
14 November within the framework of this policy and activity of the
commission to coordinate work with the European organizations which
is being headed by Armenian President Robert Kocharyan.