NATO SAYS NO TALKS WITH AZERBAIJAN ON POSSIBLE MEMBERSHIP
RIA Novosti
Mar 12 2007
12/03/2007 13:04 YEREVAN, March 12 (RIA Novosti) – A deputy NATO
chief said the alliance was not conducting talks with Azerbaijan on
its possible membership.
Cooperation between the South Caucasus republics of Azerbaijan and
Armenia is restricted to Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAP),
NATO Assistant Secretary General Jean Fournet told reporters in
Yerevan where he is attending NATO Week in Armenia.
Another South Caucasus republic, Georgia, is conversely seeking
membership in the organization and is expected to join it in 2009.
This decision alarmed Moscow, which is struggling to preserve its
Soviet-era influence in the South Caucasus region.