Никол Пашинян
Yerevan / 07/14/18 / Turan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan does not consider the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Brussels to be a turning point in terms of achieving progress in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "There was a meeting, a contact, in fact, the first contact on this topic, and it is wrong to expect the results from the first meeting. It was valuable in terms of that there was communication, acquaintance," he said.
Speaking about the Karabakh settlement as a whole, he noted that if one of the parties is preparing not for a peaceful settlement but constantly demonstrates aggression, there is accordingly no atmosphere for dialogue, and the world community should fix this. "Armenia must also establish this situation and be ready for any development of events," he said.
The prime minister also informed that the issue of the meeting with the Azerbaijani president was not raised.
Touching upon relations with the European Union, Pashinyan expressed dissatisfaction with the current level of relations with Brussels.
With the assistance of international partners, we will be able to implement these reforms more quickly, but we will not be in the role of petitioner, the prime minister said.
Touching upon relations with NATO, Pashinyan noted Armenia's commitment to continue cooperation with the North Atlantic alliance. "Today, Armenia participates in two NATO peacekeeping missions - in Kosovo and Afghanistan - and we will continue to participate in these programs." Later, if they are, we will discuss them separately, I say if, because it is not a fact that NATO is interested in expanding, We are ready to discuss any cooperation projects and issues in the context of Armenia's national interests," summed up the Prime Minister of Armenia.
At the same time, he reminded that Armenia is a member of the Organization on the Collective Security Treaty and sees itself in the future as a member of the CSTO and its security system.
He also assured that Armenia will continue to develop allied relations with Russia, as well as with NATO, Western countries, the European Union and the United States. "We do not intend to make radical changes in our foreign policy," he said. -02D-
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