YEREVAN. – Cooperation with NATO is useful for Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan stated Thursday during his joint briefing with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

“I believe we are successfully combining the cooperation with CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization] and NATO,” the President said, and added that he does not consider NATO and CSTO to be competing organizations.  

“I don’t consider that the member countries should not cooperate. On the contrary, we should achieve stability by this cooperation. Our actions should not result in damaging relations. And our cooperation with NATO is useful for us, and cooperation with NATO is important for us. And cooperation with NATO stems from our country’s interest,” Armenia’s President stated.   

In his turn, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen noted that there is no competition between NATO and Russia, and, what is more, NATO cooperates with Russia.