President of Armenia: Strategic relations with Russia have never
hindered development of Armenia’s efficient cooperation with regional
and extra-regional countries and international organizations
2008-08-23 21:15:00
ArmInfo. "If we cast a look at Armenia’s history, we’ll see that
friendship with Russia has never been a tool of necessity", Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan said in his interview with the Austrian
newspaper "Der Standard", the Armenian presidential press-service
reports.
"It is needless to say that friendship can’t be forced, moreover,
friendship can’t be maintained by force. I don’t want to speak instead
of other countries, but at least in its relations with Russia Armenia
is extremely open, sincere and consistent", the president noted. He
stressed that the strategic relations with Russia never hindered
development of normal, efficient cooperation with regional and
extra-regional countries, as well as with international organizations.
This is proved by a number of joint programs with EU and NATO, dynamic
development of relations with European states, the USA and Iran,
Sargsyan added.