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By Laman Ismayilova

The Embassy of Romania, which fulfills the mandate of NATO Contact Point Embassy in Azerbaijan for the fourth time in a row, hosted a roundtable on results of NATO Warsaw Summit on July 20.

The event was attended by ambassadors, defense attaches and senior diplomats from foreign embassies in Baku, Azerbaijani scholars and representatives of youth organizations.

Romanian Ambassador Daniel Cristian Ciobanu, opening the roundtable, underlined that the NATO summit has been a landmark event, as important decisions were taken at the Warsaw Summit to strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance’s deterrence and defense and to project stability in the wider neighborhood.

The NATO Warsaw Summit has been very successful and showed the strength of North Atlantic Alliance and its desire to develop interaction with partners, he said. In the Warsaw Summit Communiqué is mentioned that NATO will continue to support the right of all its partners to make independent and sovereign choices on foreign and security policy, free from external pressure and coercion.

Ciobanu highlighted that cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan has a strategic value, while Baku is a reliable NATO partner.

The members of North-Atlantic Alliance remain committed in their support to the territorial integrity, independence, and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, according to the ambassador.

Romania, which has been the second country in the world to recognize independence of Azerbaijan and concluded a strategic partnership with Baku in 2009, is a strong advocate of deepening the relations between Azerbaijan and North Atlantic Alliance.

Future NATO Fellow of the Atlantic Council Mr. Huseyn Panahov made an in-depth presentation of the discussions which took place in Warsaw and their impact on Azerbaijan.

Participants in the roundtable exchanged opinions on the main conclusions of the Warsaw Summit and the positive experience of NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation.

The North alliance and the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan enjoy strong partnership ties.

Azerbaijan actively participates in the programs such as Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), Planning and Review Process (PARP) and Operational Capabilities Concept (OCC) of NATO. The country also provides transit opportunities for NATO forces, as well as contributes for the International Security Assistance Force and Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan in order to support the international peace and security.

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