ARMENIA SEEKS NATO’S HELP TO REFORM ARMY
Mediamax news agency
30 Aug 05
Yerevan, 30 August: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan today
said in Yerevan that “the effective implementation of the Individual
Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) will bring our relations with NATO to
a new level”.
Speaking at a briefing in Yerevan today, the Armenian foreign minister
said that the IPAP’s presentation document submitted to the NATO
headquarters in mid-June “has received a high assessment”. Oskanyan
also said that “in the document, Armenia expressed its intention to
carry out permanent consultations with NATO on issues of foreign
policy and security, as well as modernize and reform our defence
system with the help of NATO members and on their example”.
Oskanyan said that for the next five-six months Armenia and NATO have
been planning to complete the elaboration of the IPAP outlining all
measures and terms of their fulfilment.