Interfax
Dec 2 2004
Latvian experts to discuss military cooperation in Azerbaijan
Vilnius. (Interfax-AVN) – An expert delegation of the Lithuanian
Defense Ministry will hold a series of meetings in the Azerbaijani
Defense Ministry and General Staff from December 3 to 6, the
Lithuanian ministry’s press service told Interfax-Military News
Agency.
The meetings will address bilateral military cooperation, regional
security in Transcaucasia, training of Azerbaijani military in the
Lithuanian Military Academy and the Baltic Defense College, and
participation in international operations, a press service official
said. In particular, the parties will finalize the bilateral military
cooperation plan for 2005.
Lithuania believes that the visit will be an additional means of
assessing details of Azerbaijan’s integration into NATO.
Lithuanian military experts took part in military-political
consultations with Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine this autumn. The
parties agreed to continue cooperation in military personnel training
and to hold more consultations on NATO integration. The Defense
Ministry of
Lithuania, which joined NATO in March this year, decided to continue
financial assistance to the training of Armenian and Ukrainian
officers in the Lithuanian Military Academy and the Baltic Defense
College in 2005.