The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said the country will not participate in the NATO exercise to be held in Armenia from September 11 to 17.

“We state categorically that our servicemen will not participate in the NATO exercise in Armenia,” a Defense Ministry official said when commenting on a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that Azerbaijan will be represented in the NATO exercises in Armenia to some extent, Informer.az reported.

The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre will conduct the consequence management field exercise Armenia 2010 from September 11 to 17, 2010 in the town of Arzni, in the Kotayk region of Armenia. Teams from 15 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) and Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) nations are planned to take part in the exercise and 11 additional countries are scheduled to participate by sending staff officers.