President’s refusal to attend NATO summit correct decision - expert

President’s refusal to attend NATO summit correct decision - expert
May 25, 2012 - 17:12 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute said Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made a right decision, having refused to attend Chicago-hosted summit.At news conference, Ruben Safrastyan characterized the decision as logical, considering the summit adopted a declaration which stressed the prevalence of the countries’ territorial integrity.

“The statement, clearly, aimed to support Moldova and Georgia; however, representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan couldn’t fail to take it into consideration. Besides, NATO statement runs counter to OSCE Minsk Group principles for Karabakh settlement, which also explains President Sargsyan’s refusal to attend the summit,” the expert explained.

On May 20-21, Chicago hosted a NATO summit, with current situation in Afghanistan and the country’s future after withdrawal of NATO forces by 2014 in the focus of the meeting.

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