Azerbaijani MPs to meet with OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries' parliamentarians

The next meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in late May will be held in Riga, First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defence Ziyafet Askerov said today.

"Azerbaijani delegation will once again raise the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Azerbaijani MPs are expected to meet with OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries' parliamentarians. Resolving of the Karabakh problem will be discussed during the meeting," - Askerov said.

NATO's cooperation with the South Caucasus states - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia is mainly carried out within the Partnership for Peace Program, an Individual Partnership Action Plans and the Planning and Review Process. "These documents define the objectives and intentions of the partner countries to hold consultations with NATO on reforms in the spheres of defense, security and military policy.

In addition to supporting the reforms, an important goal of cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan is to develop interaction of the country's Armed Forces with the forces of NATO countries in peacekeeping operations.

Since 1999, the Azerbaijani troops have being providing support to peacekeeping operations of NATO in Kosovo, and since 2002 - in Afghanistan.


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