OSKANYAN AND SARGSYAN IN THE SAME PLACE

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[08:44 pm] 14 June, 2006

Serge Sargsyan and Vardan Oskanyan, the RA Ministers of Defense and
Foreign affairs, participated in the meeting of the NATO and Armenia
(format 26+1).

The meeting was dedicated to the discussion of the realization of the
Individual Partnership Action Plan NATO-Armenia. Ministers Sargsyan
and Oskanyan made speech referring to the issues about cooperation
between Armenia and the NATO and the realization of the IPAP.

The Ambassadors of the NATO member-countries also made speech assessing
the progress of Armenia in the realization of the IPAP provisions,
paying attention to the democratic procedures in Armenia as security
guarantee, the reforms of the defense field and the issues about
enlarging political dialogue with the NATO.

The Ministers also answered questions regarding the foreign policy of
Armenia, the security components, regional issues and energy security,
as well as the present phase of the settlement of ht Karabakh conflict.