August 2, 2005 - 08:50 AMT
LITHUANIA OFFERS TO TRAIN AZERI AND ARMENIAN MEDICAL OFFICERS BY NATO STANDARDS
Yesterday representatives of the Military Medical Service of the Lithuanian and Azerbaijani Armed Forces met in Vilnius to discuss among other issues the possibilities of training medical staff officers by NATO standards. "We are going to offer the Azeri medical officers a special program ratified by NATO and are ready to receive their specialists this year", spokesman of the Military Medical Service of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Nijole Brazinskaite stated. According to him, Lithuanian medical officers held a similar meeting with the Armenian colleagues. "We offered our Armenian counterparts to train in Lithuania and are awaiting response", he added.