  Armenia’s foreign policy more flexible, expert says July 26, 2011 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The director of Oriental Studies Institute, Turkish studies expert Ruben Safrastyan characterized Armenia’s foreign policy as more flexible, allowing the country to avoid many problems. According to Safrastyan, Armenia has achieved much during 20 years of its independence, in contrary to other countries of the region. “Armenia is the only member of the OSCE; after declaring independence, Armenia was the only country to retain its territorial integrity; Russian military bases are still deployed on the territory of Armenia, which is equally beneficial to both countries. Armenia has a NPP, which is of a major strategic significance,” the expert explained. “I believe that our current policy will prevent us from repeating the mistakes allowed in the 1920s,” the expert stressed.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
