Goal of Armenia’s foreign policy vector should be protection of country’s interest – PM

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that the goal of Armenia’s foreign policy is the protection of the country’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“Our country’s interest should be the goal of our foreign policy vector,” Pashinyan said when asked whether the Armenian government plans to change the vector. “Now, are we pursuing the interests of our country in the foreign policy, or aren’t we? And from this perspective the narrative on the change of the vector isn’t acceptable for me. The goal of our foreign policy is the protection of our independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. In this sense, this is our vector in all our foreign relations,” Pashinyan said when asked on the matter during his meeting with the Armenian community in Germany where he was on a visit for the Munich Security Conference.

The Armenian PM added that in the relations with the EU and Western partners he attaches importance not only to material, relations, but also the value-based relations. The Armenia-EU ties, according to PM Pashinyan, are developing first and foremost because of democracy.

“The EU supports us with democratic reforms, and furthermore, we will learn more about democracy here, and there’s no shame in speaking about it,” Pashinyan said, adding that Armenia’s ties with the EU are first of all value-based.