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    TURKISH OFFICIAL AVOIDS QUESTIONS ON KARABAKH ISSUE

    http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=5547
    18:00 . 29/02

    "I am not very much acquainted with the border security workshop but
    I think the question is more general. Perhaps, Mr Boland will comment
    better," Huseyin Dirioz said.

    During the meeting with Armenian politicians and students today
    Former Spokesperson of Turkey's Foreign Affairs Ministry, present
    NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Policy and Planning
    Huseyin Dirioz avoided answering a number of questions on ensuring
    regional security.

    "Personally, I share your assertions but as a representative of
    defense policy, of course, I can't answer," he said.

    In this way he avoided concrete questions, for example, on the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, commenting that he deals not with
    political issues but defense policy and planning. The question
    on Nagorno-Karabakh was- Is it possible to expect that a concrete
    statement will be issued on Nagorno-Karabakh in NATO summit planned
    to take place in Chicago in May, taking into account the fact that in
    2010 the Armenian president had refused to take part in the meeting on
    the issue of Afghanistan within the frames of the NATO summit, because
    a general wording was conveyed to the conflict in the NATO document.

    However, the Turkish official stated that NATO is impressed by the
    level of Armenia's involvement in different spheres in the result of
    cooperation with the alliance.

    "We highly appreciate the fact that Armenia increases its peacekeeping
    presence in Afghanistan. NATO attaches great importance to the military
    education and its organization. But as we have stated in our documents,
    ensuring this military education must be a priority for the defense
    ministry of Armenia in the first place. We are trying to cooperate
    in this sphere, too," Huseyin Dirioz said.

    Huseyin Dirioz and Head of Force Planning Department Frank Boland are
    in Armenia within the frames of the Individual Partnership Action Plan
    implemented with the corresponding staff of RA defense ministry and
    within the frames of the evaluation of the progress in the Planning and
    reviewing process implementation. Earlier, RA Defense Minister Seyran
    Ohanyan received the delegation headed by Dirioz. Envoy Dirioz has
    stated NATO's readiness to enhance further computational and experts'
    support to Armenia in the defense sphere.

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