NATO urges Azerbaijan not to recognize Armenia as an enemy

PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO rejected Azerbaijan's military doctrine. The draft, which was sent to Brussels earlier, was returned with a request for revision.



Specifically, NATO urges Azerbaijan not to recognize Armenia as an enemy. It also wants abrogation of some agreements concluded between Iran and Azerbaijan.



The Azeri side is examining the proposals and will announce opinion in the near future.



First deputy chairman of Azeri Milli Mejlis, head of the Azeri delegation to NATO PA Askerov said the military doctrine is completed and will be discussed at the parliament's fall session. The military doctrine doesn't call for attack on any country but provides for increase of Azerbaijan's defensive capability, according to him. "However, the document asserts Azerbaijan's right to return the lands seized by Armenia. Unsettlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict forces Azerbaijan to recognize Armenia as major enemy," Askerov said, Caucasian Knot reports.



The doctrine says that "occupation of Azerbaijani regions by Armenia is the greatest menace to the regional security." It also mentions of "territorial claims, interference into domestic affairs, neglecting of Azerbaijan's interests when resolving international security problems, conflicts near the republic's borders."



"Formation of military groupings, violation of balance of forces in the region, enlargement of military blocs and unions, military attack, information damaging the republic's security, encroachment of Azeri citizens' right abroad and international terrorism are also attributed to threats," says a statement published by Voyenno-Promyshlenny Courier.