Armenia will continue military cooperation with Russia within the framework of new national security strategy, follows from the text of the document posted on the government website.
“Armenia has continued to develop military-political, military and technical cooperation with Russia in the spheres of defense and security – both bilateral and multilateral formats, including the expansion of collective defense potential and the consistent strengthening of allied relations”, – reads the strategy, which was discussed at the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday.
The document also noted that Yerevan actively participates in joint initiatives within the CSTO framework “for the effective protection of the interests of the member countries and development of the institutional capacities of the structure.
“Armenia will continue to work for the improvement of the efficiency of the organization and the fulfillment of the allied obligations by the member countries towards each other”, – the strategy says.
In the context of cooperation with the USA the document highlights the military-political consultations and cooperation aimed at the reform of institutions.
The development of strategic and allied relations with Russia in the political, trade and economic, defense, cultural and humanitarian spheres is one of the foreign policy priorities of Yerevan. The strategy also emphasizes that these relations are based on the historical friendship of the peoples of the two countries.