NATO EXERCISE PLANNING CONFERENCE OPENED IN BAKU WITH PARTICIPATION OF ARMENIAN OFFICERS

This morning the NATO conference on the planning of the Cooperative Best Effort-2004 exercises opened in Baku within the framework of the Partnership for Peace Program. As reported by the Press Service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, representatives of NATO member countries, as well as those included in the Partnership for Peace Program, among whom are representatives of Armenia, participate in the conference, which will last till June 24. As in its turn reported the Press Service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, having obtained visas in the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Georgia, two Armenian military men – colonel Murad Isakhanian and senior lieutenant Aram Hovhannisian left for the Azeri capital via Tbilisi-Baku flight the same night. According to the source, the Armenian military did not experience problems upon the arrival in Baku. It should be reminded that the Cooperative Best Effort-2004 NATO multinational exercises will be held in Azerbaijan this September.