South Caucasus is a NATO priority

Today Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan met with NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Sec. Gen. Simon Lunn, who is in Yerevan to take part in Security in the South Caucasus joint seminar of the NATO PA and National Assembly of Armenia, reported the Press Service of the Armenian Parliament. Chairman of the Standing Commission on Defense, Internal Affairs and National Security Mher Shahgeldyan was also present at the meeting. The South Caucasus is a priority to the NATO PA, stated Simon Lunn. He emphasized the importance of carrying out active work at the inter-parliamentary assembly. The interlocutors discussed opportunities to hold international conferences on fighting terror and use of chemical weapons in Armenia in 2006. Simon Lunn expressed the NATO PA full support to these programs. Artur Baghdassaryan noted the importance of NATO PA support to the forming of regional partnership. Common discussions help overcoming differences, he added.