Azerbaijan, NATO stress importance of bilateral relations
By Jamila Babayeva
Azerbaijani President received the newly appointed NATO Assistant Secretary General on April 10.
Sorin Ducaru conveyed NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen`s greetings to President Ilham Aliyev, AzerTag state news agency reported.
Saying NATO and Azerbaijan have been partners for 20 years, Ducaru stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations.
He said he was in Baku to join the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Partnership for Peace Program and attend Information Days which will be held under the Science for Peace and Security Program.
President Aliyev recalled his meetings and discussions at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, hailing them as a success.
The President said Azerbaijan-NATO cooperation had a long history, expressing confidence that the partnership between the two sides will continue in different areas, particularly in energy and Afghanistan-related issues.
President Aliyev asked Ducaru to extend his greetings to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
The NATO and Azerbaijan are actively cooperating on democratic, institutional, and military reforms and conducting practical cooperation in various areas.
The cooperation plan between Azerbaijan and the NATO is set out in the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) on Azerbaijan.
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