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Society's support is necessary for Azerbaijan's integration with NATO: Romanian ambassador

Politics Materials 21 May 2009 16:48 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 21 / Trend , J.Babayeva/

A strong political will and society's support is necessary for Azerbaijan's integration with NATO, Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureki said at the roundtable on "NATO and the Azerbaijani youth."

"It is necessary to hold agitation of NATO amongst society and especially, amongst the youth in Azerbaijan," the ambassador said.

"The public needs to know that NATO is not only a military organization, but also an organization that helps to ensure national interests of the Alliance-member countries," Ureki said.

Azerbaijan and NATO signed Partnership for Peace Program on May 4, 1994. Azerbaijan was one of the first of the 27 OSCE member states to join the program.

An official document identifying directions of cooperation as a part of the Partnership for Peace Program was signed in April 1996. Azerbaijan is fulfilling about 50 partner tasks under the program.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on Approving Individual Partnership Action Plan of the Republic of Azerbaijan with NATO on August 3, 2005.

The cooperation is currently being carried out as a part of the second stage of the IPAP.

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