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  • NATO: Opening Remarks By NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmusse

    OPENING REMARKS BY NATO SECRETARY GENERAL ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN AT THE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA, MR. SERZH SARGSYAN

    NATO
    http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/opinions_89745.htm
    Sept 6 2012

    My visit to Armenia shows that NATO is and will remain committed to
    the South Caucasus region. And we highly value the relationship we
    have developed with Armenia over the years.

    We appreciate your constant support for our mission in Afghanistan.

    Last year, you have more than doubled your contribution to ISAF. And
    recently you have once again joined our operation in Kosovo. Your
    troops and your trainers are doing a great job, and you can be proud
    of their professionalism.

    Your country's contributions to NATO-led operations mean that Armenian
    personnel have received valuable training and peacekeeping experience.

    This is important in developing your own peacekeeping capabilities,
    an effort in which NATO is providing significant support.

    An important priority in our partnership has been civil defence and
    disaster response.

    We have also established good cooperation and dialogue on defence
    reform, and we encourage you to stay the course. NATO is ready to
    continue to assist.

    NATO and Armenia share many political priorities and security
    interests. We have achieved a great deal together, in Afghanistan
    and in Kosovo. This is the time to build on our success. To deepen
    the practical experience that our military forces have gained in the
    years of cooperation. And to explore what more we can do together to
    face the security challenges of the 21st century.

    So Armenia is a valuable partner for NATO. And NATO is a valuable
    partner for Armenia. We now have an opportunity to build an even
    stronger partnership for the future. It's an opportunity we must
    seize. Because we all have to gain, and so does the region as a whole.

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