NATO experts' report on Armenia awaits debate in Brussels early AprilMarch 14, 2007 - 14:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO's decision to launch the Individual Partnership Action Plan is conditioned by progress in the Armenia-NATO relations during the recent several years, RA Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchyan told a news conference in Yerevan. The interim report on Armenia organized by NATO experts will be presumably considered in Brussels in early April, according to him. "The discussion will be held in the 26+1 format with participation of the NATO Secretary General. The IPAP doesn't suppose obligatory joining NATO. It's political decision and should be taken by the leadership of the state. It's the RA President only, who can announce of intention to join NATO," Mkrtchyan said. The RA Ambassador to NATO also noted that participation in NATO programs proceeds from the national security interests. The Strategy of National Security of Armenia is an open document and supposes addenda conditioned by changed realities in the region, he said. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |