ROBERT SIMMONS HIGHLY ESTIMATES PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NATO-ARMENIA IPAP

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 22 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Robert Simmons,
Special Representative of NATO Secretary General on South Caucasian
Issues, paid a visit to Armenia on May 22. The same day he was
received by Arman Kirakosian, Deputy RA Foreign Minister. Summing
up the working meeting of NATO representatives and members of the
Interdepartmental Commission on the Armenian Individual Partnership
Actions Plan (IPAP) held on May 18-19, the Special Representative of
NATO Secretary General highly estimated the process of implementation
of NATO-Armenia IPAP mentioning that in a short period Armenia has
passed a considerable way in the issue of carrying out the IPAP program
provisions. As Noyan Tapan was informed from RA Foreign Ministry Press
and Information Department, Arman Kirakosian said that cooperation
with NATO and participation in IPAP and Partnership for Peace is
one of the important components of the Armenian security system. In
this respect he attached importance to extension of the political
dialogue with NATO and to implementation of the respective reforms in
the country’s defence sphere, including working out the conception
of the national security. The sides also attached importance to
notification of wide circles of the society about NATO’s goals and
policy, in particular, about Armenia-NATO cooperation. RA Deputy
Foreign Minister in general outline presented the last developments
in the direction of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and
the current state of Armenia-Turkey relations. After the meeting with
Arman Kirakosian Robert Simmons took part in the regular sitting of
the Interdepartmental Commission created by the order of RA Prime
Minister for the purpose of implementation of IPAP. Simmons briefly
presented the commission members the preliminary results of the IPAP
implementation intermediate estimation visit.

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