YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasarian met with Special Representative of NATO Secretary General for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons on November 5. Issues related to fulfillment of the actions envisaged by the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Actions Plan in 2009 were discussed at the meeting. A. Baghdasarian said that in accordance with the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Actions Plan reforms are carried out in the spheres of defence, justice, emergency situations, health, law enforcement bodies' activity. He attached importance to creation of a crisis management center in Armenia, ensuring frontier security, creation of proper infrastructures in this direction, further deepening of Armenia-NATO cooperation in the issue of fighting terrorism and organized crime. R. Simmons expressed satisfaction with the process of implementation of the Actions Plan and positively estimated the recorded progress. According to the Press Office of the National Security Council Secretary, regional problems were also touched upon at the meeting. R. Simmons said that NATO welcomes the normalization process of Armenia-Turkey relations, as well as Minsk Group's activity in the issue of Nagorno Karabakh settlement.

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