Armenia seeks to speed up current pace of cooperation with NATOJune 13, 2017 - 17:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Assembly speaker Ara Babloyan said on Tuesday, June 13 that Armenia intends to speed up the current pace of its cooperation with NATO. Babloyan was meeting with NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai in Yerevan. According to Babloyan, Armenia’s participation in the Partnership for Peace program is seen as an important component of the multi-layer security system of the country. In this context, the speaker singled out Armenia’s participation in peacekeeping missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Babloyan said Yerevan will be paying special attention to the implementation of Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan, as well as its involvement in the international activities. Appathurai, in turn, assessed NATO-Armenia relations as trustworthy and reliable, which are steadily advancing. He expressed his gratitude to Armenia for taking part in the bloc's peacekeeping operations. Also, Appathurai said there will be new programs of interest for Armenia in the future. Earlier, the NATO official met with foreign minister Edward Nalbandian and expressed the bloc's support to the OSCE Minsk Group in the process of the karabakh conflict settlement. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |