Mediamax, Armenia
Oct 12 2006
NATO ENVOY PRAISES ARMENIA’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Yerevan, 12 October: "NATO is satisfied with the process and pace of
the implementation of the Individual Partnership Action Plan [IPAP]
between Armenia and the alliance," the special representative of the
NATO secretary-general for the South Caucasus, Robert Simmons, said
in Yerevan today.
Simmons said this at a joint news conference with Armenian Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanyan.
He noted that "Armenia succeeded in achieving progress in the
implementation of the key directions of the IPAP".
Simmons said that NATO would attentively follow the 2007
parliamentary elections in Armenia and added the conduct of free and
fair elections was one of the commitments under the IPAP.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said that the NATO
information centre, which was opened in Yerevan on 11 October, would
play a significant role in the process of informing the Armenian
public about NATO and Armenia-NATO relations.