NATO’S POLICY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS NOT TO CHANGE

ArmInfo
2009-08-05 13:17:00

ArmInfo. NATO policy regarding the South Caucasus countries will
not change dramatically after the new Secretary General Anders Fogh
Rasmussen, official representative of NATO James Appathurai told
Trend News.

"Rasmussen certainly has not announced any major changes," Appathurai
told Trend News by telephone from Brussels on August 4. I don’t think
that you should expect to see any great changes."

The new Secretary General has expressed his strong commitment to
fundamental principles of NATO with regard to its partnerships,
mentioning specifically the South Caucasus, Appathurai said.

"He demonstrated commitment to partnership and to autonomy and
independence of sovereign states in that region," Appathurai said.

To recall, Dane Anders Fogh Rasmussen came to the post of NATO
Secretary General on August 1, replacing in this post Dutch Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer.