ROBERT SIMMONS: KARABAKH CONFLICT HAMPERS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

If the unsettled conflict was not available, Yerevan would go farther in relations with the NATO, Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian stated at a meeting with Special Representative of the NATO Secretary General for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons. “I want to emphasize that we intend to extend our relations with the Alliance,” Serge Sargsian noted. In his turn, speaking of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict Robert Simmons stated it hampered the development of the countries of the region. “I think a mutually acceptable agreement will be made. The NATO is not directly involved in the settlement process. However we closely follow the developments over solution of the problem,” Robert Simmons stated.