ARMENIA TO JOIN NATO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Interfax
Aug 25 2009
Russia

Armenia intends to develop relations with NATO within the individual
partnership program, head of the Armenian mission to NATO Samvel
Mkrtcian told NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

He also affirmed the importance Armenia attached to the participation
in NATO peacekeeping operations and said that Armenian servicemen
would soon join the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
in Afghanistan, the Armenian Foreign Ministry source told Interfax
on Monday.

Rasmussen welcomed the cooperation with Armenia and pledged further
development of relations with South Caucasian countries.