ARMENIA HAD REASONS TO REFUSE FROM PARTICIPATION IN NATO-LED EXERCISES
Marianna Gyurjyan

"Radiolur"
06.05.2009 18:42

Armenia does not participate in the NATO-led "Cooperative
Longbow/Lancer military exercises in Georgia because of certain
circumstances, the Defense Minister of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan,
told reporters today.

"One of the circumstances is that speaking about the settlement of
the Karabakh issue during a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan,
the Secretary General of NATO noted that it has to be solved on
the basis of the principle of territorial integrity. However, the
OSCE Minsk Group and other international organizations engaged in
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict state that the issue should
be solved on the basis of territorial integrity and the right for
self-determination of peoples,: Seyran Ohanyan said.