INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Sergey MINASIAN

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Sergey Minasian, Ph.D. (Hist.), Head of the Department of Caucasus Studies, Caucasus Media Institute (Erevan, Armenia)

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Introduction

The most important events in the country’s foreign policy and international affairs in 2006 were the signing of Armenia’s Action Plan with the EU within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy, the launching of the large-scale U.S. Millennium Challenge Account Program, the building of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, participation of the peacekeeping contingents of the republic’s armed forces in peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and Iraq, the country making its best possible contribution to the international antiterrorist campaign, the development of pragmatic political interaction with Russia, the perceptible increase in foreign investments in the economy, and the intensification of Euro-Atlantic integration in security with NATO. At the same time, settlement of the Karabakh conflict and the prospects partially associated with this of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations and opening the border with Turkey continued to be key factors and fundamental priorities in Armenia’s foreign policy in 2006.

Probably the most important domestic political event of the year, which is directly related to the foreign political activity of the Republic of Armenia (RA) and could in the future have a significant influence on its relations with other states and international organizations, was the work carried out and……………..

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