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Russia Assures Armenians Against Turkey
By Foreign News Desk, Istanbul
Published: Thursday, March 09, 2006
zaman.com
Armenia trusts the military cooperation with Russia against any threats that might come from Turkey.
A report titled “Armenian National Security Strategy Tendencies,” prepared by the National Security Council under Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan, has defended that Russian units stationed in Armenia, with the help of Armenian-Russian cooperation, will paralyze any possible Turkish threats.
According to the news published on “Panarmenian.com” website, the report details the development of a strategic cooperation between Russia and Armenia in fields such as the “involvement in coalition groups, common air defense system and collaboration in the Security Collaboration Organization, including some former Soviet countries”.
Pointing at the importance of Russian and Armenian relations within the multinational structure, the report indicates the air defense system as an example.
Cooperation with both NATO and Russia
Serzh Sarkisyan, in his speech to Russian reporters on Wednesday in the Armenian capital Yerevan, highlighted the news reported in the Russian press claiming that Armenia aims at achieving North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standards in the army.
Their target is to attain world standards for the Armenian army by 2015, Sarkisyan said; Armenia has never concealed their relations with NATO from Russia, or the military cooperation with Russia from NATO.
He also advocated that their military cooperation with NATO favors the cooperation between Armenia and Russia. “We do not want war; however, if required, we are ready to fight,” the Armenian defense minister declared.
By Foreign News Desk, Istanbul
Published: Thursday, March 09, 2006
zaman.com
Armenia trusts the military cooperation with Russia against any threats that might come from Turkey.
A report titled “Armenian National Security Strategy Tendencies,” prepared by the National Security Council under Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan, has defended that Russian units stationed in Armenia, with the help of Armenian-Russian cooperation, will paralyze any possible Turkish threats.
According to the news published on “Panarmenian.com” website, the report details the development of a strategic cooperation between Russia and Armenia in fields such as the “involvement in coalition groups, common air defense system and collaboration in the Security Collaboration Organization, including some former Soviet countries”.
Pointing at the importance of Russian and Armenian relations within the multinational structure, the report indicates the air defense system as an example.
Cooperation with both NATO and Russia
Serzh Sarkisyan, in his speech to Russian reporters on Wednesday in the Armenian capital Yerevan, highlighted the news reported in the Russian press claiming that Armenia aims at achieving North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standards in the army.
Their target is to attain world standards for the Armenian army by 2015, Sarkisyan said; Armenia has never concealed their relations with NATO from Russia, or the military cooperation with Russia from NATO.
He also advocated that their military cooperation with NATO favors the cooperation between Armenia and Russia. “We do not want war; however, if required, we are ready to fight,” the Armenian defense minister declared.
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