Servicemen representing Armenia were not allowed to participate in the conference on planning of military maneuvers «Cooperative Best Effort - 2004» to be held in Azerbaijan within the frames of the «Partnership for Peace» NATO program. The provoking behavior of Azerbaijani authorities, which regardless of all the international norms impeded the arrival of the Armenian delegation, was rather predictable. What is surprising is the tolerance of the leadership of the North Atlantic Alliance towards such a scandalous matter.