ARMENIA INTENDS TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN NATO COMING MANEUVERS IN AZERBAIJANMay 6, 2004 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is not going to have a symbolical participation in the Cooperative Best Effort-2004 maneuvers, being held in Azerbaijan within the NATO Partnership for Peace program. As reported by Mediamax agency, this was stated by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Colonel General Mikayel Harutyunian at the session of the staff chiefs of the Military Committee of the Council of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership in Brussels. "The Cooperative Best Effort is the only exercise held within the Partnership framework, which lets train our elements for peacekeeping. We do not intend to politicize the matter, but the exercises will be valuable to us only if we participate in them at the level of an element. Otherwise, we do not consider it necessary to participate in these or any other measures within the Partnership framework symbolically," the General stated. It should be reminded that this January the Azeri authorities did not admit Armenian officers to arrive in Baku to participate in a conference on planning the Cooperative Best Effort-2004 maneuvers. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |