14 June 2006

Armenian officials brief on reform efforts News 13 June 2006 - NATO Visit to NATO by Mr. Vardan Oskanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Defence, Armenia, on Wednesday, 14 June 2006 Background Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAPs) Multimedia High resolution photos of the visit The Foreign and Defence Ministers of Armenia discussed the country’s reform efforts with NATO decision-makers in the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, 14 June 2006. Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan and Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan met with the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, and had an exchange of views with the Permanent Representatives of NATO countries in the North Atlantic Council. Discussions focused on Armenia’s defence and political reforms, as well as the security situation in the region. They also briefed the Council on the implementation of Armenia’s Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO. Armenia is one of five NATO Partner countries that have signed such a Plan with the Alliance. Developed on a two-year basis, these Plans are designed to bring together all the various cooperation mechanisms through which a Partner country interacts with the Alliance, sharpening the focus of activities to better support their domestic reform efforts.