The EU and NATO supplement each other to a certain degree, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated in an interview with the Hayastani Hanrapetutyun (Republic of Armenia). In his words, the EU refers more to economy, institutional reforms, while the NATO relates more to security and includes and number of other directions as well: democracy, civil control of the army, as well as serious security dialogue. "These are really serious programs, issuing from the interests of our country and the entire region. Thus, we should deal with it with seriousness. Our having accepted it as a program, and a commitment to a certain degree, means that we should fulfill it to register progress in all those directions," Vartan Oskanian stated.