Armenia's cooperation in CSTO framework and relations with NATO supplement each otherMay 15, 2007 - 19:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today there is no issue of becoming a NATO member-state in Armenia's foreign agenda, RA Defense Minister Michael Haroutyunyan stated. He said, possibilities of coupling and relevantly synchronous, proportional development of security policy in both directions - NATO and CSTO, are conditioned with common tasks, which stand in front of these two security systems, common approaches to neutralize security threats, presence of common interests. "Today it is becoming obvious that in order to settle security problems in their influence zones both CSTO and NATO added to their arsenal principally similar approaches and global scale and actuality of international threats moved aside existing differences, making the sides more and more widen frames of cooperation. Following the course of complimentary policy, within the limits of our possibilities we are trying to create a field of constructive cooperation between interested states and security systems, guiding ourselves by common interests and assisting alleviation of existing differences. We can say that Armenia's cooperation in the framework of CSTO and cooperation with NATO do not contradict each other, just the opposite, they supplement each other, creating additional guarantees for security both for our country and the whole region," Michael Haroutyunyan said, "Krasnaya Zvezda" reports. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |