Strengthening cooperation with NATO, Armenia will consolidate positions in the region, said Eduard Sharmazanov, spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

He refuted the hearsay that Armenian peacekeepers are under Turkish command in Afghanistan. "We are collaborating with NATO but not with Turkey. Armenian peacekeepers are located in northern Afghanistan within a German unit," he said.

Sharmazanov also informed that Armenia increased number of peacekeepers in Kosovo.