Armenia-NATO cooperation discussed in Yerevan 

ArmInfo.  On April 8, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan received the Head of NATO Liaison Office in Georgia Alexander Vinnikov and the Officer on Political Affairs of the Office  Arkadiush Legich.

At the meeting the interlocutors discussed a number of agenda items  regarding the Armenia-NATO cooperation.

Reference was made, particularly, to the RA-NATO Partnership current  programmes, the international and regional security and the steps  being taken in that direction, the transformation of the RA Armed  Forces and the opportunities for deepening cooperation in democratic  reforms, as well as educational programs implemented in the Armed  Forces.

The interlocutors also referred to the discussions ongoing  discussions on the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as  well as the issue of normalizing relations between Armenia and  Turkiye

Relations between Armenia and NATO were established in 1992 with the  accession of the republic to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council,  renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997. Following  Armenia's accession to the Partnership for Peace program in 1994,  cooperation was deepened and expanded. In 2017, Armenia and the NATO  North Atlantic Council approved the 5th Individual Partnership Action  Plan between Yerevan and NATO for 2017-2019. Currently, Armenia and  NATO are negotiating the adoption of a new cooperation document - the  Individually Tailored Armenia-NATO Partnership Plan.