NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL WILL VISIT ARMENIA TOMORROWJuly 25, 2000 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 25.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The deputy Secretary General of NATO on political affairs, Ambassador Dr. Klaus-Peter Klaiber will arrive tomorrow in Armenia for a three-day visit.As a source in the ministry of foreign affairs of Armenia informed MEDIAMAX, Klaiber will make preparations for the visit of the NATO Secretary General George Robertson to Armenia, which is to take place in autumn 2000. Klaiber will hold meetings with the foreign minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian, minister of defense Serzh Sarkisian, other officials. In March 2000 the meeting of the deputy foreign minister of Armenia Ruben Shugarian and Klaus-Peter Klaiber took place in Brussels. In the course of the meeting Shugarian paid special attention to the inadmissibility of the fact of the blockade of Armenia by Turkey, which, according to him, makes difficult the cooperation on Armenia-NATO level, taking into account the membership of Turkey in the North-Atlantic alliance. In fact, declared Ruben Shugarian, "not only the Armenian-Turkish border is closed, but the border of Armenia with NATO as well". This year Armenia has greatly activated its relations with NATO. "We can state that our cooperation with NATO is passive, as compared to the relations of the other former Soviet republics with the alliance", said in the interview to MEDIAMAX in April 2000 the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of Armenia Ara Papian. "NATO is a powerful structure, and it must be taken into consideration. It must be mentioned that the development of Armenia-NATO cooperation is not directed against any state", noted Ara Papian. -0- Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |