Tuesday, August 1 2017 13:50

ArmInfo.It's not a secret for anyone that for Armenia, cooperation with NATO is of a commercial nature. The director of the EurAsEC Institute Vladimir Lepekhin told  ArmInfo about it."Russia, of course, is dissatisfied with NATO's  activity on its borders, but this displeasure has nothing to do with  the participation of the Armenian military in the exercises in  Georgia." In Moscow, it refers to this, let's say, with  understanding. Sun in exchange for participation in the exercises in  Vaziani, in my opinion, these funds will help the Armenian military  to solve certain problems, "he said.

The Armenian Armed Forces are represented at the NATO exercise "Noble  Partner 2017", the "Worthy Partner - 2017", which was launched in  Georgia by a platoon of 40 people. The exercises started at the  Vaziani training ground in Georgia on July 30 and will end on August  13. A total of 3,000 military personnel from 8 countries came to the  exercise: five NATO countries: the United States, Great Britain,  Germany, Slovenia, Turkey and three allied countries: Ukraine,  Armenia and Georgia. About 1,600 American, as well as 800 Georgian  servicemen take part in the exercises.

"In my opinion, the multi-vector policy proclaimed by Yerevan is  absolutely correct and is its right, Armenia today effectively  maintains the status of a sovereign state, with the help, including  cooperation with various military alliances," he stressed.According  to Lepekhin, in Moscow in general, the observed activity of the  Alliance is relatively calm, especially given that this activity is  leading to the collapse of NATO in the future.

 In his opinion, there is nothing terrible in the participation of  Armenia in NATO exercises on the territory of neighboring Georgia.  Strict statements by some Russian politicians and experts who  criticize Yerevan for participating in NATO exercises are, according  to his estimates, exceptionally on-duty.Noble Partner 2017 is part of  the European Command in the Black Sea region, the continuation of  Saber Guardian, in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary and Sea breeze in  Ukraine. Noble Partner was first held in Georgia in 2015. In 2016,  1,300 servicemen from the United States, Georgia, Great Britain took  part in the exercise.

The exercises are envisaged as part of the training program for the  military of the Georgian Armed Forces and NATO countries as units of  the NATO Response Force and to improve the compatibility of the  Georgian Armed Forces with NATO units.