Closer relations between Armenia and EU pose no threat to Armenian-Russian relations
12.03.2010,
02:15
Development of ties between Armenia and European Union doesn’t put Armenian-Russian relations in danger, Goran Lennmarker, special rapporteur on Karabakh and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special envoy for Georgia, said Wednesday at NATO Parliamentary Ass
YEREVAN, March 11. /ARKA/. Development of ties between Armenia and European Union doesn’t put Armenian-Russian relations in danger, Goran Lennmarker, special rapporteur on Karabakh and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special envoy for Georgia, said Wednesday at NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Rose-Roth seminar in Yerevan.
He said that Armenia is an independent state and decides independently with whom to cooperate.
He is convinced that closer ties with European Union pose no threat to Armenian-Russian relations.
He thinks there is no competition.
Speaking about European Union’s Eastern Partnership initiative, Lennmarker said that this program let Armenia decide how close its ties with European Union will be.
He said that his homeland, Sweden, welcomes the possibility of Armenia’s membership in the European Union.
He added hat Armenia is a European country and pointed out adoption of Christianity by Armenians yet in 301 as evidence of that. --0--
He said that Armenia is an independent state and decides independently with whom to cooperate.
He is convinced that closer ties with European Union pose no threat to Armenian-Russian relations.
He thinks there is no competition.
Speaking about European Union’s Eastern Partnership initiative, Lennmarker said that this program let Armenia decide how close its ties with European Union will be.
He said that his homeland, Sweden, welcomes the possibility of Armenia’s membership in the European Union.
He added hat Armenia is a European country and pointed out adoption of Christianity by Armenians yet in 301 as evidence of that. --0--
