Turkey’s aggressive and belligerent role by overtly aiding Azerbaijan in last year’s war has diminished Armenia’s trust in NATO, Armenian officials, including President Armen Sarkissian and Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan, told visiting NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina Píriz on Thursday.
While briefing Píriz on post-war security atmosphere in the region, Defense Minister Karapetyan said that NATO member Turkey’s involvement in the has significantly affected Armenia’s trust in the North Atlantic security organization and its role to ensure regional stability and peace.
President Sarkissian also told the NATO official that Turkey’s role in the war is a serious issue, which continues to remain incomprehensible.
In discussing the post-war humanitarian crisis, President Sarkissian said that Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian prisoners of war and civilian captives, calling it a gross violation of international law.
While highlighting the importance of Armenia-NATO partnership, Armenia’s leaders emphasized the need to strengthen those ties for the sake of the region’s security and stability.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also touched on the need for the expansion of the partnership, pointing to Armenia’s participation in NATO missions in Kosov and Afghanistan.
We cannot trust the NATO alliance, they will be our worst mistake. Remember how they failed Georgia, failed the Kurds and they will fail us as well.
We lost >5000 Young Soldiers… by NATO”S member the Genocidal Turkish government …
French Journalist said you lost 50.000 being a small nation…
11.000 -13.000 handicapped as well
Once again, has it taken THIS long for you to figure that out? Have you taken no heed of Condoleeza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Matthew Bryza, Marie Jovanovich, John Kirby, John Bolton, and every other State Dept. Judas — nor of the firing of John Evans? Were you not aware, while Armenia (as just another lap dog to NATO) was aiding and abetting the shameful theft of Kosovo from the poor Serbs that it would repay you with a stab in the back?
President Pashinyan had no business cozying up to NATO. On the one hand, he expects Putin to help defend Armenia while at the same time allowing Armenian troops to participate in NATO missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan When a cowardly Azeri officer butchered a fellow Armenian officer in his sleep during a joint NATO exercise in Hungary, the Azeri officer was then imprisoned for life in Hungary, was then allowed to serve out his sentence , but was then not only freed but was given a promotion by President of Azerbaijan, that’s when President Pashinyan should have demanded that Azerbaijan be removed from the NATO program. If this demand was refused, then Armenia should have cut all ties with NATO. Esha kanny desag glah.
President Pashinyan had no business cozying up to NATO. On the one hand, he expects Putin to help defend Armenia while at the same time allowing Armenian troops to participate in NATO missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan When a cowardly Azeri officer butchered a fellow Armenian officer in his sleep during a joint NATO exercise in Hungary, the Azeri officer was then imprisoned for life in Hungary, was then allowed to serve out his sentence , but was then not only freed but was given a promotion by President of Azerbaijan, that’s when President Pashinyan should have demanded that Azerbaijan be removed from the NATO program. If this demand was refused, then Armenia should have cut all ties with NATO. Esha kanny desag glah. No, I haven’t said that before.