ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION DISCUSSED BY KOCHARYAN, NATO SPECIAL ENVOY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 25 2006
YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. Armenia-NATO cooperation was discussed
Tuesday by Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and NATO Special
Envoy in South Caucasus Robert Simmons. Presidential press service
told ARKA News Agency that Simmons gave a good mark to the process
of individual partnership program IPAP implementation in Armenia
pointing out considerable progress reached for short period of time.
He stressed the importance of Armenian defense system reformation
and democracy buildup.
Kocharyan, in turn, put special emphasis on developing relations
with NATO as part of Eurointegration policy. In his words, an
inter-ministerial commission was set recently for dealing with this
process.
“We are racing against time to observe the schedule of work and are
trying to move even faster than it was initially planned to put joint
programs into reality”, Kocharyan said.