Aysor.am
October 17, 2013
S. Sargsyan receives NATO secretary general’s special representative
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and NATO’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 2012
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today Special Representative of NATO’s Secretary General for South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai.
At the meeting, the sides attached importance to efficient cooperation with NATO in all spheres.
The interlocutors noted with satisfaction that the political dialog with the Alliance is of a continuous nature.
James Appathurai highly appreciated Armenia’s participation in NATO peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
The PR and Information Department of the Presidential Staff reported that Serzh Sargsyan and James Appathurai said that such a level of relations shows that a deep and comprehensive agenda had formed as a result of Armenia’s close cooperation with NATO, which helps improve and upgrade the defense and security system of Armenia.
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Armenpress
October 17, 2013
Armenia’s Minister fo Foreign Affairs to receive NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative
Yerevan: On October 17, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Eduard Nalbandyan, received the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai.
As Armenpress was informed by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, welcoming the guest, the minister has given a positive assessment to the results made in different spheres of cooperation between Armenia and NATO.
During the course of the meeting the interlocutors touched upon issues regarding the cooperation between Armenia and the North Atlantic Alliance, namely, the cooperation realizing within the frameworks of the Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP).
The Minister of Foreign Affairs introduced the of the implementation of the settlement processing the issues concerning Nagorno-Karabakh. In this contect, the NATO Secretary General’s Representative reconfirmed the support of the alliance to the efforts by the co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk group.
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