NATO WELCOMES THE STEPS ARMENIA AND TURKEY TAKE TOWARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF NORMAL RELATIONS
armradio.am
28.04.2009 14:47
On April 28 the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian,
received NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero.
Greeting the gust, Minister Nalbandian noted that Armenia is willing
to reinforce and develop the mutually beneficial cooperation with
NATO within the framework of the Partnership for Peace Program.
The Armenian Foreign Minister attached importance to the Armenia-NATO
Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) as a productive framework
for cooperation. Edward Nalbandian stressed that Armenia would continue
the cooperation with NATO in the directions of peacekeeping, fighting
international terrorism, eliminating the consequences of natural
disasters, etc.
Emphasizing the importance of the cooperation with Armenia, Claudio
Bisogniero said the North Atlantic Alliance ranks high the results of
IPAP implementation and voiced hope that the Action Plan for 2009-2011
would also be successfully completed.
NATO’s Deputy Secretary General presented the results of the NAT O
summit in Strasbourg.
Mr. Bisogniero appreciated the progress towards normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations, emphasizing that NATO welcomes the steps
targeted at the establishment of normal relations between Armenia
and Turkey.