On 12 May in Brussels, in NATO central headquarters the sitting of the the North-Atlantic Council in 28+1 format took place, where RA Ministers of Defence eyran Ohanyan, RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edvard Nalbandyan and representatives 28 NATO states participated in. Here the Armenian ministers made speeches. Minister of Foreign Affairs Nalbandyan talked about different spheres of Armenia-NATO cooperation, about the priorities of Armenia’s foreign policy, the settlement process of Armenian-Turkish relations, the possibilities of settling the issue of Artsakh, and about the issues of security and stability in the region. In his speech the RA Minister of Defence presented the process and perspectives of the reform in the security sphere and in the defence system.

At the sitting of the North-Atlantic Council the deputy chief secretary of NATO, as well as 14 representatives from the member countries made speeches and highly esteemed the results of the execution of the Individual Partnership Action Plan, the progress of the reforms in Armenia, and Armenia’s participation in peacekeeping activities in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Then ministers Nalbandyan and Ohanyan answered several questions about the country’s foreign policy, regional developments, and the reforms in different spheres in Armenia. The envoys from NATO member states, on behalf of their countries, offered their support in Armenia’s activities to establish peace, stability and security in the South Caucasus region. Prior to the sitting the Armenian ministers had met deputy chief secretary of NATO Claudio Bizonyero and discussed the Armenian-NATO cooperation in the frames of PfP and Individual Partnership Action Plan programs. The Ministers reassured Armenia’s readiness to continue the mutually beneficial cooperation with NATO. The deputy chief secretary of NATO highly esteemed the progress in the cooperation with Armenia in some spheres. Claudio Bizonyero also thanked Armenia for effectively participating in the peacekeeping activities in Afghanistan. RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs