ARMENIAN SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION

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March 9 2010
Armenia

At its March 9 sitting, the interagency commission in charge of the
2009 Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Program reported that the
program was effectively implemented.

The press office of the Secretary of the RA National Security Council
informed NEWS.am that Commission Chairman, Secretary of the RA National
Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan presided over the meeting.

Summing up the work, Baghdasaryan stressed that 122 special events took
place under the program. He emphasized the cooperation in revising
the defense strategy and in the context of the planned emergency
programs. Baghdasaryan pointed out that the Armenia-2010 joint
emergency management maneuvers will be conducted in Armenia this
year. In this context, he pointed out the necessity for a national
civil defense strategy and a military education doctrine. If all the
planned programs are effectively implemented, the elaboration of a
new NATO program at the end of 2010 will afford an opportunity for
setting new standards and implementing effective reforms.