TBILISI MORE CONSISTENT IN MOVING TOWARDS NATO, THAN YEREVAN AND BAKU
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.10.2006 14:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The NATO does not put any time limits for accession
of a country to the Alliance.
Each country, wishing to become a NATO member, should fulfill the terms
and then speaking of its accession will be possible, NATO Secretary
General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central
Asia Robert Simmons stated at a news conference in Yerevan.
In his words, Georgia is more consistent in moving towards the NATO
than Armenia and Azerbaijan and the first phase of its program is
underway. "It is a program for NATO accession, and not IPAP. Neither
Armenia, nor Azerbaijan stated a desire to join the Alliance,"
Simmons said.
As for Georgian-Russian relations, the NATO Secretary General’s Special
Representative expressed confidence that the tension in the relations
between Russia and Georgia will be settled peacefully.
Robert Simmons also told about the agenda of the coming NATO
agenda. "Three issues will be discussed: increase of the military
presence of the NATO in Afghanistan, expansion of cooperation with
countries of the Pacific basin and NATO capacity to military operations
in various parts of the world," Simmons said.