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    ROBERT SIMONS HOPES FOR JOINT EXERCISES TO BE CONTINUED



    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 4. ARMINFO. Robert Simons, NATO Secretary General's
    Special Representative to the Caucasus and Central Asia, hopes that
    although the "Cooperative Best Effort 2004" exercises in Baku failed,
    the practice of joint military exercises will be continued.

    In his interview to the "Izvestiya" newspaper Simons stated that the
    Euroatlantic Partnership Council has a fundamental principle: all the
    member-states have the right to take part in joint activities. "In
    this case, the Azerbaijani authorities were not ready to ensure
    Armenian representatives' participation in joint exercises, though so
    much had been done to prepare them. We clearly stated our position to
    the Azerbaijani Government," he said.

    According to Simons, the problem was in Azerbaijan's allowing Armenian
    servicemen to arrive, but not in its being not ready to take part in
    the joint activities. "If the exercises had been held in a third
    country, we would receive them gladly there. Other exercises are being
    and will be planned," Simons said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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