Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 14 2008
Azerbaijan to Invite Armenians to Baku
14.01.08 11:37
Azerbaijan, Baku, 12 January / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / The
Azerbaijani State will invite Armenians to participate in the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly Rouse-Router workshop which will be held in
Baku.
`Azerbaijan will send an invitation to NATO PA member-countries and
observer countries to take part in the workshop,’ MP Siyavush
Aslanov, a member of the Azerbaijani Delegation to NATO PA and Deputy
Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, said to
Trend.
The 68th NATO PA workshop will be held in Baku on 6 and 8 March 2008.
Jose Lello, the President of NATO PA, and David Hobbs, the Secretary
General of the organization, as well as delegates, who represent over
thirty countries, will take part in the workshop. Representatives of
a range of international organizations will also attend the workshop.
Azerbaijan and Armenia broke relations due to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict which has been ongoing between both countries since 1991.
Armenia cooperates less with NATO compared to other member-countries
of the organization.
According to the MP, Azerbaijan will invite Armenia as the hosting
country must provide participation in the workshop to all
member-countries of the organization. If Armenian agrees to take part
in the workshop, which will be held in Baku, then they will be
provided with security.
Azerbaijan has been cooperating with NATO since 1994 within the
framework of the Partnership For Peace Program. In 2004 a plan for
personal cooperation was signed between Azerbaijan and NATO. Since
2007 the Azerbaijani Army has maintained NATO standards.