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NATO'S SPRING SESSION OF PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLTY HELD IN MADEIRA
Noyan Tapan
Jun 04 2007
MADEIRA, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The spring session of NATO Parliamentary
Assembly (PA) was held on May 25-28 in Madeira (Portugal). On the
invitation of S. Lan, PA Secretary General, M. Mkrtchian, Head of
Armenian Mission to NATO, took part in the session as an observer.
According to the data, received from RA Foreign Ministry Press and
Information Department, Jose Lello, PA Chairman, Gillerme Silva,
Deputy Chairman of Portugal's Parliament, Yaap de Hoop Scheffer,
NATO's Secretary General, Luis Amadon, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Portugal, Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of Macedony and Nino
Burjanadze, President of Georgian Parliament made pivotal speeches
at the session.
NATO's activities in Afghanistan, Russia's internal developments and
foreign policy approaches, regulation of Kosovo's problem, NATO-EU
practical cooperation, anti-missile defence systems, climate changes,
Georgia's economic and political reforming and its accession prospects
to NATO, as well as the interrelations between the state and religion
in the Black See region were the key subjects of discussion in the
5 committees: Political, Defence and Security, Economy and Security,
Science and Technology, Civil Dimension of Security. At the session
PA Chairman for the first time clearly declared about the necessity
of developing a new strategic concept paper for NATO.
The next important issue that should be focused on, is the geographical
inclusion of Alliance in terms of membership and partnership, as well
as a more productive cooperation with UN and EU.
One negative feature of the session was the sharp contrast
between Russia and Alliance member countries. This was expressed
in Georgia's unequivocal assistance, in the issues of Kosovo's key
problem regulation, allocation of the American anti-missile system
in Poland and Czek country.
A part of Netherlands MP Bert Middel's draft report on "State and
Religion in the Black See Region" represented the situation in
Armenia. The author of the report fairly comes to the conclusion
that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict had no religious origin from
the beginning. The Azerbaijan deligation actively tried to prove
the contrary. This report must again be discussed during PA autumn
session to be held in October in Reykjavik.
Noyan Tapan
Jun 04 2007
MADEIRA, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The spring session of NATO Parliamentary
Assembly (PA) was held on May 25-28 in Madeira (Portugal). On the
invitation of S. Lan, PA Secretary General, M. Mkrtchian, Head of
Armenian Mission to NATO, took part in the session as an observer.
According to the data, received from RA Foreign Ministry Press and
Information Department, Jose Lello, PA Chairman, Gillerme Silva,
Deputy Chairman of Portugal's Parliament, Yaap de Hoop Scheffer,
NATO's Secretary General, Luis Amadon, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Portugal, Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of Macedony and Nino
Burjanadze, President of Georgian Parliament made pivotal speeches
at the session.
NATO's activities in Afghanistan, Russia's internal developments and
foreign policy approaches, regulation of Kosovo's problem, NATO-EU
practical cooperation, anti-missile defence systems, climate changes,
Georgia's economic and political reforming and its accession prospects
to NATO, as well as the interrelations between the state and religion
in the Black See region were the key subjects of discussion in the
5 committees: Political, Defence and Security, Economy and Security,
Science and Technology, Civil Dimension of Security. At the session
PA Chairman for the first time clearly declared about the necessity
of developing a new strategic concept paper for NATO.
The next important issue that should be focused on, is the geographical
inclusion of Alliance in terms of membership and partnership, as well
as a more productive cooperation with UN and EU.
One negative feature of the session was the sharp contrast
between Russia and Alliance member countries. This was expressed
in Georgia's unequivocal assistance, in the issues of Kosovo's key
problem regulation, allocation of the American anti-missile system
in Poland and Czek country.
A part of Netherlands MP Bert Middel's draft report on "State and
Religion in the Black See Region" represented the situation in
Armenia. The author of the report fairly comes to the conclusion
that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict had no religious origin from
the beginning. The Azerbaijan deligation actively tried to prove
the contrary. This report must again be discussed during PA autumn
session to be held in October in Reykjavik.