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NATO Secretary General: We attach a great importance to cooperation with South Caucasian states

19 November 2010 23:49 (UTC +04:00)

Lisbon. Fuad Gulubeyli â€“ APA. Within the Lisbon summit NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen held today a press conference for the journalists, APA reports.

Answering a question about cooperation between NATO and South Caucasian states, especially cooperation with Azerbaijan, NATO Secretary-General said that this cooperation is very efficient and high.

"Our cooperation with South Caucasian and Central Asian states is reflected in a new strategic concept that we have adopted today, and in the provision of the concept we have clearly noted our willing to strengthen our current cooperation and develop our new program.

We attach a great importance to cooperation that exists among us.

Thanks to this cooperation, we effectively struggle against the drug smuggling.

Therefore, weâ€™ll pay a special attention to these relationships further", - Secretary-General said.

Answering a question about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and NATO’s contribution in this direction, the Secretary-General said that he doesnâ€™t understand what role NATO can play in solution of this conflict.