Armenia-NATO Partnership Plan corresponds to interests of both partiesMarch 15, 2007 - 19:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO has a rather large cooperation program with Armenia, which proceeds from the interests of both parties, George Katsirdakis, Head of Section, Defense Policy and Planning Division of NATO stated in Yerevan. He said, a cooperation is scheduled in spheres of fight against terrorism and information exchange. "All this is included in the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). Here in Yerevan I met with representatives of National Security Service, Police, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense. During those meetings we discussed various aspects of cooperation," Katsirdakis said.At the same time he underlined that according to his information Armenia does not going to become a NATO member-state. "As I have repeatedly stated on behalf of the Alliance participation in IPAP is not anyhow connected with membership to the organization. The countries, which wish to become NATO member-states, like Ukraine and Georgia, will work according to another schedule. As to Georgia, first of all she must normalize her relations with neighboring countries and Russia and then to declare about the intention to become a NATO member-state. We are not going to become a participant of confrontation, NATO has other tasks. In any cases Georgia will not become a NATO member-country in 2008, it's a long process," Katsirdakis concluded. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |