NATO: ARMENIA SIGNS AGREEMENT ON EMERGENCY TRANSPORT

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

Dec 7 2006

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian visited NATO Headquarters on
7 December to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the Facilitation
of Vital Civil Cross Border Transport.

The Memorandum is a multilateral instrument aimed to improving the
speed and efficiency of bringing assistance to victims of humanitarian
crises and disasters on the territory of NATO and partner countries.

Armenia is the first country signing this Memorandum.

The agreement remains open for signature to all NATO member and
Partner countries. At the Autumn 2006 session of NATO’s Senior Civil
Emergency Planning Committee Plenary more countries declared their
readiness to sign it in the near future.

Foreign Minister Oskanian also met with NATO Secretary General Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer.