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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    November 2, 2004 Tuesday

    NATO wants to deepen relations with Armenia - Scheffer

    By Tigran Liloyan

    YEREVAN

    NATO wants to deepen relations with Armenia, NATO Secretary General
    Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told the Armenian Mediamax news agency in view of
    his Yerevan visit. De Hoop Scheffer will come to Armenia on Friday.

    Rates of Armenia's partnership with NATO have been smaller than those
    of the other two South Caucasian countries, but the alliance can see
    clear signals of Yerevan adherence to the relations with NATO at
    present, he said.

    For instance, Armenia has recently accredited an ambassador in
    Brussels, who will work exclusively on the relations with NATO, and has
    expressed the wish to sign an individual partnership plan, he said.

    Participation in NATO operations had not been an Armenian priority for
    years and it did not take part in the alliance planning and estimation
    process, de Hoop Scheffer said. Yet two years ago the Armenian
    authorities decided that they would like to have troops capable of
    international operations, and the republic joined the process, he said.

    Nowadays Armenian servicemen are on mission in Kosovo together with
    colleagues from 35 countries, he said. Armenia's decision to sign the
    individual partnership plan will help it use all possible mechanisms of
    cooperation with NATO, he noted.
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