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    Baltic News Service
    December 1, 2004

    LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY EXPERTS GOING TO AZERBAIJAN

    VILNIUS


    A delegation of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry's experts is going to
    Azerbaijan next week to meet with officials of the Defense Ministry
    and General Staff.

    According to the press release, the Dec. 3-6 visit is scheduled to
    address issues of bilateral cooperation, regional security in South
    Caucasus, studies of Azerbaijani officers at the Lithuanian War
    Academy and the Baltic Defense College in the Estonian city Tartu,
    participation in international operations and the course of defense
    reforms.

    The visit is held as an additional measure in the framework of a
    program to ensure support and security in countries of the South
    Caucasus. According to the press release, the visit is expected to
    assess Azerbaijan's needs in the light of NATO integration and other
    fields.

    A bilateral cooperation plan for 2005 should also be signed during
    the visit.

    Earlier this fall, Defense Ministry experts attended
    political-military consultations with Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine. A
    decision was made to proceed with cooperation in the field of
    military education, offer advice in NATO integration, invite them to
    international war games Amber Hope 2005 and exchange visits of
    experts.

    The Lithuanian Defense Ministry decided to continue financing studies
    of these countries' officers at the War Academy in 2005, as well as
    pay for Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian students at the Baltic
    Defense College in Tartu. Lithuanian army experts agreed to hold
    practical consultations at the Armenian peacekeeping battalion.
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