Azerbaijan, Baku, April 11 /Trend, A.Huseynbala/
The delegation of the Sub-committee on NATO Partnership of NATO Parliamentary Assembly political committee on Sunday arrived in Azerbaijan.
The main purpose of the Alliance delegation's visit to the country is to discuss the current relations between Azerbaijan and NATO, Azerbaijani Parliament told Trend on Sunday.
Delegation's meetings in Parliament and other public bodies are scheduled.
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.