Azerbaijani Defense Minister leaves for Brussels

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev has left for Brussels today to attend a meeting of defense ministers of the countries that have contributed to the coalition of the North Atlantic Council. It is held at the invitation of NATO Secretary General, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

The foundation for cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO was laid through the signing of a program-document within the framework of the Partnership for Peace on May 4, 1994. Azerbaijan was one of the 27 OSCE member countries to join the program.

In April 1996, an official document envisaging concrete directions in the cooperation was signed within the framework of the Partnership for Peace. Now, Azerbaijan is fulfilling about 50 tasks in conformity with the program.

On Aug. 3, 2005, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the "Approval of the Action Plan on Individual Partnership between the Azerbaijani Republic and NATO."

Now cooperation is carried out within the second phase of the Individual Partnership Action Plan between Azerbaijan and NATO.


/Trend/