Armenia's participation in the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) will form the basis for strategic cooperation with the Alliance, stated Mher Shahgeldyan, the head of the Commission on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs of the Armenian Parliament, Deputy Chairman of Orinats Yerkir party that is part of the ruling coalition, reported Regnum news agency. "It is a very important document that refers to security, defense issues, as well as human rights, struggle against corruption, democratization, specifically public and parliamentary control over security," the Armenian MP said. In his words, the document presented by the Armenian party was appreciated and characterized as a "pragmatic" one. The participation in the IPAP provides an opportunity to form a long-term strategic plan of partnership with the NATO, Mr. Shahgeldyan summed up. It should be noted that earlier Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, lieutenant general Artur Aghabekyan presented the main defense reforms suggested in the document and planned to be implemented within the IPAP, as well as mechanisms of cooperation with the NATO in order to implement the reforms. These include "periodical consultations with the NATO over regional security issues, working out security strategy, a military doctrine, enhancement of the defense and budgetary planning, providing interaction with NATO forces at an operative level, enhancement of military education and the legal framework and others." At the same time, as Aghabekyan noted, within the IPAP framework Armenia plans to get "exclusively consultative assistance" from the NATO member countries. He also said the working out of the security strategy, its further public discussion and consideration by the Parliament of 2007 convocation will form the core of the reforms. He also emphasized that the IPAP allows reforming the defense system gradually and under the conditions of unsettled conflicts. In his words, the reforms to be implemented within the IPAP will allow forming an army by 2015 that is adequate to challenges of the 21st century: able of withstand new challenges, fully secure the state and participate in regional and non-regional conflict settlement. Aghabekyan also noted that reforms will be implemented taking into account four principles "realism, stepwise principle, flexibility and profound analysis" and will be held within the context of the overall reform of the state system.