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President Aliyev receives NATO official

16 February 2016 13:35 (UTC+04:00)
President Aliyev receives NATO official

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia on February 16, Azertac state news agency reported.

Appathurai conveyed greetings of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and recalled President Aliyev`s last visit to NATO`s headquarters and his meetings.

The head of state highlighted with pleasure his meeting with Jens Stoltenberg during the Davos forum.

They hailed the successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO. Azerbaijan`s contribution to international security within the peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan was praised during the meeting.

The sides exchanged views over the current state of negotiations on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. NATO`s supporting Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity in its documents was emphasized.

President Aliyev thanked for the greetings of Stoltenberg, and asked Appathurai to communicate his greetings to the Secretary General of NATO.

NATO and Azerbaijan are actively cooperating on democratic, institutional, and military reforms, and enjoy practical cooperation in various areas.

The Azerbaijan-NATO cooperation is carried out within the "Partnership for Peace" program. Earlier, NATO adopted a document of the fourth stage of the Individual Partnership Action Plan for 2015-2016.

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