FIRST VICE-SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MEETS NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
First Vice-Speaker of the Azerbaijan Parliament and chairman of parliament`s standing commission on security and defense Ziyafet Askarov met Tuesday with NATO delegation headed by alliance`s Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero.
Askarov said, Azerbaijan attaches great importance to cooperation with NATO in the process of Euro-Atlantic integration.
Azerbaijan is expanding cooperation with NATO through Partnership for Peace program and Individual Partnership Action Plan, said Askarov. He noted that his country also actively participates in the NATO Rose-Roth seminars. He mentioned that two of these seminars had been held in Baku.
First Vice-Speaker said the first phase of reforms to meet NATO standards has been successfully completed in the country, adding NATO experts have highly praised Azerbaijan`s military reforms.
On the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Askarov said Armenia disregards UN Security Council`s resolutions on unconditional withdrawal of the armed forces from occupied territories of Azerbaijan and international community remains indifferent to this fact.
Armenia`s aggressive policy poses threat not only to Azerbaijan and South Caucasus, but also to the whole Europe, Askarov said.
Claudio Bisogniero said his current visit aims to further develop NATO-Azerbaijan relations. He said NATO praises Azerbaijan`s achievements and attaches much importance to relations with Azerbaijan. NATO Deputy Secretary General stressed the role of parliaments in expansion of cooperation.
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