Expert: Armenia`s dependence on one power center is tantamount to  suicide

ArmInfo.Armenia urgently needs a new national security strategy. Armine Margaryan, an expert  on military-political issues, stated at the forum on Armenia-EU relations in Brussels.

According to her, both strategies adopted in 2007 and 2020 turned out  to be far from reality. Of course, threats and directions for  overcoming them were indicated, but there is not a word about what  means and methods the republic should serve its national interests in  connection with the current situation. After the second Artsakh war  and the expulsion of Armenians from their homeland, Armenia faced one  of the most crucial chapters of its history, and today there is a  need to lay strategic concepts as the basis of Armenian statehood.  Otherwise, the country's politics will continue to float, which  cannot be allowed. "One of the most important questions today is  whether Armenia should make a strategic turn or not, and if so, in  which direction and towards which power centers" the expert asked.

According to her, the concepts may be different, but all of them  should be based on one idea: Armenia should be in the European  family. Yerevan must be in an environment in which the presence of  democratic values is obvious. "This does not even require proof, but  at the core of security, Armenia must maximally diversify its  relations with those power centers that share the state's focus on  democracy and protection of human rights," Margaryan said,  emphasizing the importance of forming strategic allied relations with  these centers. She noted that until recently the country was  dependent on one power center, which was tantamount to suicide.