ARMENIA’S PARTICIPATION IN NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
27.07.2009 19:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Armenia’s active participation in NATO programs
and particularly in those of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is very
important. It is necessary to create a balance with anti-Armenian
speeches and to promote the self-determination principle in the
resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem," Stepan Safaryan , member
of the parliamentary delegation of Armenia in NATO, MP of RA National
Assembly from "Heritage", told a press conference in Yerevan today. The
event was organized jointly with MP of RA National Assembly from the
Republican Party of Armenia, Karen Avagyan.

Mr.Safaryan also noted that the current Armenian authorities, in
cooperation with NATO, are guided by political expediency, and gave
as an example of sending a limited military contingent to Iraq. "Then
they need just that, and now the Armenian authorities want to send a
military contingent to Afghanistan, since U.S. President Barack Obama
attaches great importance to Afghanistan," Safaryan said. According
to Mr. Safarian, these solutions are based on political expediency,
while the foreign policy should proceed from specific principles.

Safaryan also stressed that the "Heritage" party agrees with
authorities that at the moment the issue of joining NATO mustn’t be
included in Armenia’s foreign policy agenda.