DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS WITH HEAD OF NATO’S COOPERATION
AND REGIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
[September 20, 2006, 13:25:01]

AzerTag
September 20, 2006

Defense Minister, Colonel-General Safar Abiyev met September 19
with Head of the NATO’s Cooperation and Regional Security Division,
Vice-Admiral Deniz Kutluk and his accompanying delegation.

Mr. Kutluk praised the level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and
NATO, adding he believes these relations will further strengthen.

Safar Abiyev said Azerbaijan has been cooperating with NATO since
1994 under the Partnership for Peace program, adding since 2004 this
cooperation has continued under the NATO’s Individual Partnership
Action Plan.

The Minister also spoke of the military and political situation in the
region including the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Deniz Kutluk stressed the importance of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy
in settlement of this dispute.