ROBERT SIMONS TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 25 2007
Today Robert Simons, special representative of the secretary of the
South Caucasus in NATO, will arrive in Yerevan, APA reports quoting
Panarmenian.
During the course of his stay Simons will meet with Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan, vice-defense minister Ara Nazaryan, and chairmen
of the NA permanent committees on European integration and defense
issues. During the meetings, the status of the individual program
between Armenia and NATO will be discussed, as well as Armenia-NATO
cooperation in general. One of the purposes of the visit is to
introduce a new office for the South Caucasus. We point out that
Jbignev Ribatsk, of Poland, was recently named in this position.
Simons will conclude his visit tomorrow. According to the same
source, he will then travel to Tbilisi. We remind that the officer’s
headquarters are in the Georgian capital city.