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Conference â€œThe role of reforms carried out in Azerbaijani law-enforcement bodies and armed forces in Euro-Atlantic integrationâ€ starts

16 June 2009 10:32 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. Two-day conference â€œThe role of reforms carried out in Azerbaijani law-enforcement bodies and armed forces in Euro-Atlantic integrationâ€ has started in Baku, APA reports. The conference is organized by Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation and Eurasia Lawyers Association with supported of NATO and Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan.

Chairman of the parliamentâ€™s committee for legal policy Ali Huseynov said Azerbaijan joined NATOâ€™s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program 15 years ago. Azerbaijan actively participated in NATO events. About 250 events are planned within the framework of Individual Partnership action Plan.

Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic underlined that security in the South Caucasus and Caspian Sea was a part of Turkeyâ€™s foreign policy. Speaking about Turkeyâ€™s role in making Azerbaijani Armed Forces in line with NATO standards, the ambassador said the adoption of the military doctrine would accelerate the process.

NATO coordinator-officer on the South Caucasus Zbignew Ribatski said Azerbaijan actively participated in IPAP. â€œAzerbaijan is preparing the IPAP documents and its armed forces are conforming with NATO standards. There is a special attention attached to the military education, training of personnel and administrative issuesâ€.

Romanian ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureku said Romania, which took the coordinating mission between Azerbaijan and NATO, was responsible to make Baku and NATO closer and to inform Azerbaijani community about NATO. The ambassador said the security didnâ€™t depend on the military parameters only and threats like weapons of mass destruction in use of terrorists, drug trafficking, illegal migration and others.

The participants will hear the reports on cooperation between the Ministry of National Security, State Border Service, Army and Internal troops with NATO at the conference on Wednesday.