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OSKANYAN MET NATO SECRETARY GENERAL

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RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan met NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer today.

During the meeting the sides discussed the Individual Partnership Action Plan of Armenia which is the core of the cooperation between Armenia and the NATO. The first two-year phase of the IPAI started in January.

The sides expressed their content with the results of the first evaluation of the IPAP procedure discussed during the NATO session which took place with the format 26+1. The Minister mentioned that the evaluation was important for us in order to clear up the criteria of the NATO towards the realization of the Plan.

Minister Oskanyan mentioned that the Armenian IPAP Committee which is responsible for the realization of the plan has had eight sessions this year which actively discussed issues about the process of realization.

The Secretary General found the enhancing of democratic procedures important in Armenia. He especially stressed the NATO support in carrying out reforms in the defense field. He highly appreciated the investment of Armenia in the peace-keeping missions of the NATO.

The sides also referred to the November 28-29 NATO summit in Riga, as well as to the relations between Armenia and Turkey, and the process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.