ArmInfo.Remaining in the EEA and CSTO, Armenia has all the chances to maintain excellent relations with the EU, NATO and even Iran. The director of the Center for Regional Studies Richard Kirakosyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Participation of Armenia in NATO trainings  taking place in Georgia is dictated by the need to deepen cooperation with the West in the field of security.  The director of Center for Regional Studies Richard Kirakosyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Visit of the Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel Tsakhi Anegbi to Armenia - clarification of positions, perhaps an invitation to a systemic  dialogue on economic and security issues. This opinion was voiced by  the Russian analyst, expert in the South Caucasus Sergey Markedonov.

ArmInfo. The visit by US Vice President Mike Pence to NATO exercises in Georgia is nothing more than a signal to Russia about the resources of US pressure on its  sore points in the South Caucasus. And Washington still has these  resources. An expert of the Russian Council on Foreign Affairs and  the Valdai Club, the editor of Al-Monitor (USA) Maxim Suchkov  expressed such an opinion.

ArmInfo.Karabakh issue should be frozen till best times, according to Californian University honored professor, political expert Rein Taagepera.

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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.

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ArmInfo. To knock down the Russian Iskander missiles, the Israeli tactical missile defense system "Iron Dome" is incapable. Therefore, Zakir Hasanov's recent  statement most likely pursued political goals, says Igor Korotchenko,  editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine."In my opinion, when  declaring anti-ballistic missiles in the arsenal of the Azerbaijani  Armed Forces capable of destroying missiles from the Iskander  complexes of the Armenian Armed Forces, Azerbaijani Defense Minister  Zakir Hasanov was probably referring to the Israeli anti-aircraft  missile system Iron Dome," he said. .According to the expert, the  tactical and technical characteristics of the Iron Dome can not be  used to shoot Iskander missiles.

ArmInfo.Involvement of Azerbaijan in various transport and energy projects of Russia is of some concern. Such an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo Russian analyst Sergei Markedonov, commenting on July 21 in Sochi Vladimira Putina met with President Ilham Aliyev."And, for example, about this project strengthens Russian ally Armenia's isolation, potentially being treated as part of the Transcaucasian ligament with the EU via Turkey completion of construction of the Baku-Akhalkalaki- Tbilisi-Kars railway was announced shortly before the Sochi meeting between Putin and Aliyev.

ArmInfo.The opinion of Serzh Sargsyan about the sale of arms to Azerbaijan is a speech of a man who surrendered to whims of fate, ex NKR Foreign Minister,  independent analyst Arman Melikyan expressed such opinion to ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo. Despite the incompatibility of Russian S-400 systems with 

ArmInfo.The current round of tensions over Karabakh will further deepen Russia's military presence in Armenia and Azerbaijan's military-technical cooperation with NATO member Turkey, notes Per Anders Johansen, a columnist for the oldest  Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, who recently visited Artsakh.

Edward Abrahamyan, the  Researcher at British University Leicester and freelance regional security expert at the Jamestown Foundation and IHS Markit, in his  interview to  ArmInfo comments on the latest impulses in Armenia's relations with US and Europe,  talks about the opportunities for Yerevan to develop relations with EU and NATO,  shares his vision of the possible role of the Alliance in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

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ArmInfo.After Russia "attacked" Georgia in 2008, NATO was forced to return to the main paradigm of the North Atlantic alliance. This was announced by the Polish Ambassador to Armenia Jerzy Nowakowski at the conference "NATO from Warsaw to Brussels: security of people and security sector reform in Armenia".

ArmInfo.Night events on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line once again demonstrated the importance of strengthening security elements. This was announced at  the conference "NATO from Warsaw to Brussels: Security of People and  Security Sector Reform in Armenia" on July 5, Director of the Center  for Regional Studies Richard Giragosian.

ArmInfo. It is very important to talk about NATO-Armenia relations,Matthias Kiesler, Ambassador of Germany to Armenia states his opinion ,

ArmInfo. Regular violation of cease-fire regime previous year, as well as even greater increase in violence at the contact line, shows how important it is for the  parties to take heavy equipment, show restraint, strictly observe the  cease-fire regime and reduce tensions. This was stated in an interview with APA, by NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai, referring to the Karabakh settlement.