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NATO-ARMENIA COOPERATION TO INCLUDE SCIENTIFIC-CULTURAL SPHERES, TOO
Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to cooperation
between Armenia and NATO, in particular, within the framework
of Individual Partnership Actions Plan (IPAP), were discussed
at the March 13 meeting of RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosian with
the delegation headed by Jean Fournet, NATO Assistant Secretary
General for Public Diplomacy. According to the report provided
to Noyan Tapan from RA NA Public Relations Department, during
the meeting they attached importance to IPAP in the respect of
further deepening and development of relations with NATO. It was
mentioned that this document takes cooperation out of just military
or security framework. In this connection J. Fournet stated that he
had meetings at RA National Academy of Sciences and plans to develop
program Science for Peace, which is to contribute to establishment of
scientific and cultural dialogue. He said that expert centers work in
NATO member-countries. These centers have the goal to study cultures
of another countries and to establish cultural contacts connecting
different countries through culture. Expressing confidence that
cooperation with RA National Academy of Sciences and with another
structures will be successful, T. Torosian stated that the Armenian
parliament will be also involved in this by deepening NA-NATO contacts,
which are the important part of RA-NATO cooperation.
Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to cooperation
between Armenia and NATO, in particular, within the framework
of Individual Partnership Actions Plan (IPAP), were discussed
at the March 13 meeting of RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosian with
the delegation headed by Jean Fournet, NATO Assistant Secretary
General for Public Diplomacy. According to the report provided
to Noyan Tapan from RA NA Public Relations Department, during
the meeting they attached importance to IPAP in the respect of
further deepening and development of relations with NATO. It was
mentioned that this document takes cooperation out of just military
or security framework. In this connection J. Fournet stated that he
had meetings at RA National Academy of Sciences and plans to develop
program Science for Peace, which is to contribute to establishment of
scientific and cultural dialogue. He said that expert centers work in
NATO member-countries. These centers have the goal to study cultures
of another countries and to establish cultural contacts connecting
different countries through culture. Expressing confidence that
cooperation with RA National Academy of Sciences and with another
structures will be successful, T. Torosian stated that the Armenian
parliament will be also involved in this by deepening NA-NATO contacts,
which are the important part of RA-NATO cooperation.