MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax-AVN) - Accession to NATO is not a part of Armenia's foreign policy agenda, Defense Minister Serzhik Sarkisian told a Friday news conference.
"The answer to the question about Armenia's intentions of joining NATO is clear from the start because the leadership of the republic has said on many occasions that it does not include this issue in its foreign policy agenda," he said.
Armenia also has no intention of quitting the Collective Security Treaty Organization in the near future, he said. Membership in it is a component of Armenia's national security, he said.