ARTUR BAGHDASARIAN DOES NOT TALK ABOUT ARMENIA’S MEMBERSHIP IN NATO, BUT SPEAKS FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP IN THE EU

Mediamax
January 21, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Candidate for the position of the Armenian
President, Leader of "Orinats Yerkir" Party (OYP) Artur Baghdasarian
intends to deepen Armenia’s European policy in case of his victory
in the elections of February 19.

Mediamax reports that, speaking in Yerevan today during the
presentation of his pre-election campaign, Artur Baghdasarian stated
that "the future of our country is in the European family, in the
full membership of Armenia in the European Union".

"I have never talked and will not talk today either about Armenia’s
membership in NATO, but I consider it necessary to deepen and develop
the cooperation with the North-Atlantic Alliance, in particular,
concerning the Individual Partnership Action Plan, which had a
successful start", Leader of OYP stated, answering Mediamax’s question.

"Today we are in geopolitical conditions, which require carrying out
balanced and active foreign policy, development of relations with our
direct neighbors, especially with Georgia and Iran. It is necessary to
also take up efficient steps to improve the relations with Turkey. Our
neighbors are not our enemies", Artur Baghdasarian stated.

He also stated that the present foreign policy course of Armenia does
not meet the challenges of the time and it has lead to the isolation
of the country from a number of regional processes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress