YEREVAN. – Armenia does not at all stop its cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan noted the above-said at a press conference on Saturday.

He informed that, at the end of February, the NSC plans to discuss with the EU the 2014-2015Action Plan, which envisions 160 events.

“Given the recent political developments, a variety of assessments are made. But I would like to announce that we will continue to modernize our state agencies, the legal system, the human rights institutions, [and] the economic and social policy with Brussels,” Baghdasaryan stated.

In addition, the EU’s Taiex, Twinning, and Sigma projects will continue in Armenia, and the  2014-2015 Armenia-NATO Action Plan will comprise 22 events.

“[But] all this does not conflict with our Customs Union and CSTO [i.e., Collective Security Treaty Organization] programs,” Arthur Baghdasaryan concluded. 

Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. And the road map for Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union was recently introduced. Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union.