Armenia’s urge to expand relations with the EU and NATO is not aimed against Russia, Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan said. «I am for us developing our relations with the EU intensively and purposefully integrate in various European structures, including the Council of Europe,» Baghdassaryan told journalists in Saint Petersburg. At the same time, he emphasized, «this does not meeting Armenia’s cooperation with the EU should worsen relations with Russia.»
«Opposing Russia, who is our best reliable partner, to the EU is unacceptable to us,» he remarked. Touching upon NATO-Armenia relations, he said, «we have the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), however the matter concerns not only cooperation. The issue of possibility of Armenia’s accession to the NATO is not on the foreign policy agenda,» Artur Baghdassaryan said, reports Interfax.
