CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................2 2. ARMENIA’S SECURITY ENVIRONMENT......................................................................................4 3. NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA...........................................................8 4. ENSURING THE INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ARMENIA, AND THE SECURITY OF ARTSAKH.......................................................10 Formation of a more favorable external environment.....................................................11 Deterrence and neutralization of military threats...........................................................12 Ensuring the security of Artsakh.......................................................................................15 5. PEACE AND ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION........................................................17 Promoting international cooperation, security, and peace.............................................18 Genocide prevention..........................................................................................................19 Armenia-Diaspora relations: a Pan-Armenian outlook.....................................................20 6. SECURING DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE RULE OF LAW.......................................23 7. ENSURING THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, AND THE STATE’S SUSTAINABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT..............................................................................................27 Developing a resilient public security system...................................................................28 Ensuring open and safe information and cyber domains.................................................29 Developing a competitive economy and ensuring food security......................................30 Developing a self-sufficient and stable energy system....................................................31 Promoting social well-being and improving the demographic situation........................32 Directing intellectual potential towards the high-tech and defense sectors....................................................................................33 Promoting public health and biosecurity.........................................................................34 Rehabilitating, protecting, and improving the environment...........................................36 8. CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................38 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF RA | 1