YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative to the Caucasus and Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons on November 6, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated that Armenia will continue efforts on enhancing the partnership with NATO. He considered the cooperation with NATO in the military sector and the spheres of security and emergency situations as useful, instructive, and necessary. Robert Simmons said the NATO-Armenia relations are at a good level. He expressed a hope that the 2009-2010 Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) will also be successfully implemented. T. Simmons underlined Armenia's contribution to international peacekeeping operations. When discussing the regional problems, he welcomed progress made in the normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations, noting that NATO is in favor of these relations' normalization without any preconditions. He expressed a hope that the parliaments of the two countries will ratify the signed agreements as quickly as possible. The interlocutors also exchanged ideas on Armenia-NATO agenda issues and some regional problems, the RA presidential press service reported.

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