NATO elaborated training curricula for South Caucasian servicemen

PanARMENIAN.Net - Power of mind is a tool to be applied in any sphere, including military activities, US National Security University representative James Keagle told an international conference devoted to "Observing security in South Caucasus: Regional conflicts, stability and transformation".



"Each country in South Caucasus wants to join NATO. So do other states, such as Ukraine and Moldova," Mr. Keagle said. "Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Moldova applied to North Atlantic Alliance with a request to provide them with assistance in educational sphere," he said.



"South Caucasus does has no clear-cut security system," Keagle said, adding that national security reforms require changes in countries' culture and bureaucratic systems".



"Risking to change one's mentality is necessary for overcoming obstacles that paralyzed relations between nations in general and people in particular. NATO reached agreement with the four states and submitted plan for enhancing each country's security system," Keagle said. He also gave detailed description of training curricula elaborated for Moldova and South Caucasian states, each of which has launched training courses for its armed forces. The most comprehensive curriculum was the one elaborated for Georgia.