Newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian handed his credentials to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Brussels yesterday. As reported by the Armenian Foregin Ministry press service, during the meeting the parties discussed the details of the forthcoming visit of the NATO Secretary General to Yerevan, the issues of cooperation between Armenia and the Alliance, the processes in the South Caucasus, specifically, regional conflictsettlement. The NATO head assured that the organization will pay more attention to the stability in the region, thus creating preconditions for its development.





