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    British Ministry of Defence funds English lessons for Azeri officers

    Ekho, Baku
    27 Mar 04


    Ekho newspaper has learnt that at the moment nearly 20 Azerbaijani
    navy officers are intensively studying English with the help of the
    British Council. The latter is involved in cultural and education
    activities in Azerbaijan. The British Council's marketing manager,
    Namiq Quliyev, has told Ekho that their organization has actually
    organized a course for officers of the Azerbaijani armed forces.

    "The course is being held not at the British Council office, but on
    the territory of the National Military Academy. This is a joint
    project of the British Ministry of Defence and the Azerbaijani
    Ministry of Defence. The purpose is to teach officers
    English. Generally speaking, this programme is being implemented in a
    number of CIS countries and is called Peacekeeping English Project.
    The British Ministry of Defence has been implementing this project
    jointly with the defence ministries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia,
    Uzbekistan, Ukraine, etc," Quliyev said.

    According to Quliyev, the newly-independent countries, thus, get an
    opportunity to be closely involved in NATO's Partnership for Peace
    Programme and other international military events. "Precisely for this
    reason, the British Ministry of Defence has organized this project and
    the British Council has been administering it on CIS territory." The
    British side covers all project costs.

    There are several English language classes in our country. A total of
    50 army and navy officers are attending the classes.

    [Passage omitted: Details of project]

    In turn, the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of
    Defence, Ramiz Malikov, has said that "several English courses have
    been organized for our officers ". According to him, all branches of
    troops cannot be engaged in the training, but officers from different
    branches of troops are represented at the courses.

    "These courses are obviously to ensure more effective interaction
    between our officers and foreign officers during exercises. Studying
    English by officers is one of the conditions of the army's proximity
    to NATO standards. Our officers study English not only in Baku, but
    also in Turkey, the USA, Hungary and so on. One should first learn to
    speak one language, then it will be easier to learn NATO standards,"
    Malikov said.
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