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Baku hosts 68th Rose-Roth Seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

06 March 2008 10:26 (UTC +04:00)

Ogtay Asadov, Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament addressing the meeting stated that Azerbaijan was interested in the integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions. He noted that Azerbaijan joined NATO Partnership for Peace Program (PfP) in 1994 and contributed to global security.
â€œAzerbaijan has carried out Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) since 2005. The cooperation continues successfully within the framework of plan. Azerbaijani security and defense institutions are coordinated with NATO standards. The development of legal framework on public control for Armed Forces is being carried out,â€ he said. Asadov touched upon the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia and noted that Nagorno Karabakh conflict and other conflicts in South Caucasus caused threat in the region.
He added that Armenia was an only country, which deployed military base of other country. Asadov touched upon the clashes in the frontline on March 4 and stated that Armenia was trying to divert the attention of its citizens and the world community from the internal and domestic unrest and bloody actions in Yerevan.
101 representatives from NATO member and supporter countries, including 60 parliamentarians participated in the seminar.