ALTHOUTH CSTO MEMBER STATE, ARMENIA ADMITS COOPERATION WITH NATO

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.09.2007 16:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia stands for development of relations with
NATO member states, RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan told a news
conference in Moscow.

"Armenia, being a member state of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, thinks fit to develop relations with NATO," he said.

"I treat positively Georgia’s aspiration to develop relations with
NATO and I say "yes" to its striving for NATO membership. As to the
other countries, each state should itself decide how to ensure its
security," the Prime Minister said.

When touching on Armenia’s role as a security guarantor in the
South Caucasus, Serge Sargsyan said that Armenia is cooperating
with all member states of the organization and is remarkable for its
constructive stand on all issues. "Being Defense Minister and Secretary
of the Security Council I took part in all CSTO sittings and I did not
have the impression that our country is passive or non-constructive. We
thoroughly consider all initiatives for regional security and support
constructive proposals," Serge Sargsyan said, Russian media reports.