RA PRESIDENT CONSIDERS RELATIONS WITH NATO WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICY OF ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 23 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues relating
to NATO-Armenia cooperation were discussed at RA President Robert
Kocharian’s May 23 meeting with Special Representative of NATO
Secretary General on South Caucasian Issues Robert Simmons. Positively
estimating the process of the Armenian Individual Partnership
Actions Plan with NATO, Robert Simmons mentioned that considerable
progress was registered in the issue of fulfilment of the program’s
provisions in a short time. In this context they attached importance
to implementation of the respective reforms in the country’s defence
system and to strengthening of democracy. Considering relations with
NATO within the framework of Armenia’s European integration policy,
the President said that an interdepartmental commission has been formed
lately for the purpose of confronting the work with different European
structures and for moving forward in a more systematized way. The
commission will periodically inform the President of the process of
actions in this direction. “Our goal is not to lag behind the planned
work, on the contrary, to move forward at quicker rates and to fully
implement the joint programs,” Robert Kocharian stressed. As Noyan
Tapan was informed from RA President’s Press Service, Robert Kocharian
in general outline also touched upon the recent developments in the
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress