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MUSAVAT URGES AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES TO JOIN NATO
DEFENSE and SECURITY
March 21, 2008 Friday
Russia
Musavat, party of the opposition in Azerbaijan, appealed to the
republican authorities to initiate a dialogue over full-fledged
membership in NATO.
"The process of entry is long and difficult. The sooner Azerbaijan
initiates the dialogue, the better," the statement Musavat released
read.
Authors of the statement believe that membership in NATO will
facilitate the installation of democratic values in Azerbaijan and
bring the republic closer to common defense and economic level of
the advanced European countries. They are convinced as well that
membership in NATO will facilitate a fair solution to the problem
posed by Nagorno-Karabakh.
Musavat is upset that President Ilham Aliyev did nothing to initiate
a new Azerbaijan-NATO program when the previous two-year program of
cooperation ended in 2007.
A NATO evaluation commission is expected in Baku in the middle of
April. NATO evaluation commissions regularly visit the countries
where Individual Partnership Action Plans are under way.
DEFENSE and SECURITY
March 21, 2008 Friday
Russia
Musavat, party of the opposition in Azerbaijan, appealed to the
republican authorities to initiate a dialogue over full-fledged
membership in NATO.
"The process of entry is long and difficult. The sooner Azerbaijan
initiates the dialogue, the better," the statement Musavat released
read.
Authors of the statement believe that membership in NATO will
facilitate the installation of democratic values in Azerbaijan and
bring the republic closer to common defense and economic level of
the advanced European countries. They are convinced as well that
membership in NATO will facilitate a fair solution to the problem
posed by Nagorno-Karabakh.
Musavat is upset that President Ilham Aliyev did nothing to initiate
a new Azerbaijan-NATO program when the previous two-year program of
cooperation ended in 2007.
A NATO evaluation commission is expected in Baku in the middle of
April. NATO evaluation commissions regularly visit the countries
where Individual Partnership Action Plans are under way.