Warmer U.S.-Russia relations better that would be for ArmeniaFebruary 20, 2009 - 19:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The warmer U.S.-Russia relations are the better that would be for Armenia, according to former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. "But at this time, such warming is still only a desire on everyone's part. There are still a series of very serious problems: NATO expansion, the American missile defense shield, as well as contentions over spheres of influence. It is especially the processes having to do with defining spheres of influence and the possible arrangements or understandings that they arrive at that will have serious impact on Armenia," Vartan Oskanian, head of Civilitas Foundation told PanARMENIAN.Net "Thus, we must do everything so that the perception of these two countries about Armenia be based on Armenia's compelementarity and not on specific recent events. Specifically, closer financial cooperation with Russia or the agreement signed about CSTO rapid deployment forces can be seen as a deviation from the policy of complementarity, if of course these steps are not followed by other steps which reaffirm the balance in Armenia's foreign policy," he said. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |