Armenia Ready to Receive Azeri and Turk Envoys within NATO Exercise

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – NATO Rescuer 2006 exercises will be held in late June in Yerevan, Armenian Deputy MOD Head, lieutenant general Artur Aghabekyan said. In his words, participants from 20 countries, including those of the region, will arrive in Armenia.

“Armenia has always been for cooperation with neighboring states, based on Partnership for Peace principle, and is ready to receive envoys from Azerbaijan and Turkey,” he said. Aghabekyan also remarked that the conference on final planning of Rescuer 2006 exercises will be held in April. Within the Armenia-NATO cooperation 110 events are planned in Armenia this year.