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The Romanian embassy, in its capacity of NATO Contact Point Embassy to Azerbaijan, hosted a roundtable on NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation on March 11.

Romania’s Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for strategic issues Daniel Ioniță, NATO officials, ambassadors, defence attaches and senior diplomats from Embassies of NATO countries in Baku attended the event.

Opening the roundtable, Romania’s Ambassador Daniel Cristian Ciobanu highlighted that participation of Daniel Ioniță at the event is a proof of the importance that Romania attaches to NATO-Azerbaijan partnership.

In the keynote speech of the roundtable Daniel Ioniță underlined Romania’s support for the development of partnership relations between NATO and Azerbaijan, reflected among others by the fact that Romanian diplomatic mission in Baku is performing for the fourth time in a row the mandate of NATO Contact Point Embassy to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is a credible and committed partner of NATO.

Daniel Ioniță emphasized that Romania highly appreciates Azerbaijan’s contribution in Afghanistan with logistical support/land-air transit and non-military engagement such as trainings, humanitarian de-mining, and a financial contribution to Afghanistan National Army Trust Fund.

Director of Defence Planning, Defence Policy and Planning Directorate Paul Savereux presented the main elements of the cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan in the framework of PfP Planning and Review Process.

Steffen Elgersma from Political Affairs and Security Division at NATO Headquarters touched upon Azerbaijan’s Individual Partnership Action Plan.

Participants in the roundtable exchanged views on different aspects of joint interest regarding NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation.

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