ARMENIANS DON’T WANT NATO, DO WANT EU
By M. Alkhazashvili
Translated by Diana Dundua
The Messenger, Georgia
April 17 2007
According to research conducted by the research centre Intermedia,
approximately 39 percent of polled Armenians are against NATO
membership compared to the 29 percent in favour.
64 percent polled say they do not want Armenia to leave the CIS, while
11 support withdrawal. The vast majority of respondents, 71 percent,
want Armenia to integrate into the EU.
83 percent of the people polled think it’s important to have good
relationships with Russia, 55 percent think good relations are needed
with the US and 5 percent say relations with Turkey are significant.
16 percent of the polled respondents believe Russia supports Azerbaijan
in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, 49 percent believe the opposite.
As regards the May 12 parliamentary elections, 77 percent polled say
Armenia needs powerful leadership that will establish order in the
country, reports the news agency Regnum.