ARMENIA REMAINS RUSSIA’S STRATEGIC PARTNER IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.04.2007 15:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia remains Russia’s strategic partner in the
South Caucasus, Russia’s First Vice Premier Sergey Ivanov said at a
joint news conference with Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan.

Armenia-NATO cooperation program within IPAP is not an alternative to
the Armenian-Russian partnership, he said. "Our strategic partnership
rests not only on the presence of Russian military bases but also
on the commonness of cultures and whole scope of relations," Ivanov
underscored.

For his part, RA PM Serge Sargsyan noted that creation of extra
dividing lines in the region will not do good to Armenia’s security
structure. "It’s true, Russia reduces its presence in the region but it
doesn’t mean that other states should expand their presence instead,"
he said.