NATO WELCOMES STEPS DIRECTED TOWARDS NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS
ARMENPRESS
APRIL 28, 2009
YEREVAN
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan received today Assistant
of the NATO Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero.
Foreign Ministry press service told Armenpress that greeting the
guest Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan noted that Armenia
is planning to consolidate and develop mutually beneficial cooperation
with NATO within the framework of Partnership for Peace program. Edward
Nalbandian underscored Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan
program as a format of effective cooperation. The foreign minister also
noted that Armenia will continue cooperation with NATO in peacekeeping,
fighting against international terrorism, elimination of consequences
of natural disasters and in other directions. C. Bisogniero,
underscoring the development of cooperation with Armenia, said that
North-Atlantic Alliance highly assesses Armenia’s activity and the
results of 2006-2008 IPAP. The NATO official presented to the Armenian
foreign minister the results of the NATO Strasburg Summit.
The guest also said that he is pleased with the progress registered
in the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, pointing out that
NATO welcomes the steps directed towards establishment of relations
between Armenia and Turkey.