ROBERT KOCHARYAN MET THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF NATO SECRETARY GENERAL

ArmRadio.am
23.05.2006 14:40

President Robert Kocharyan received today NATO Secretary General’s
Special Representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert
Simmons. The parties discussed issues related to NATO-Armenia
cooperation.

Positively assessing Armenia’s Individual Partnership Actions Plan
with NATO, Robert Simmons noted that in a short period of time
considerable progress has been registered in the accomplishment of
the provisions of the program. In this context importance was attached
to the implementation of corresponding reforms in the defense system
and reinforcement of democracy.

Considering the relations with NATO in the Eurointegration framework,
the President noted that a commission has been formed to periodically
report about the processes in the direction of coordinating the work
with different European structures.

At the guest’s request, President Kocharyan dwelt on the recent
developments in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.