LAVROV: RUSSIA NOT TROUBLED BY ARMENIA-NATO RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2008 14:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia is not troubled by development of the
Armenia-NATO relations, RF Foreign Minister said.

"It’s not dangerous that NATO and its partners combat
challenges. Russia maintains the existing format of relations with
all member states of the Alliance. If NATO develops the way it says,
we do not see any menace," Sergei Lavrov told a news conference today.

He also said that Russia welcomes development of trade and economic
relations between Armenia and Georgia and hopes that the agreements
achieved by governments of both states will help to avoid crisis.