NATO is intended to strengthen ties with the South Caucasus countries and is hopeful about the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, NATO Secretary General's Special
Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai stated this during the Pyatigorsk-Brussels televised bridge held on June 7.
"The cooperation with Armenia and Azerbaijan is of a certain importance both for us and Russia. Those countries desire to establish good relations with NATO and Russia, particularly in the peacekeeping sphere. I would like to emphasize we don't see any competition with Russia regarding the sphere of peacekeeping activity", - he said.
NATO is interested in swift solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Alliance believes that "one should not underestimate the danger, which springs from such hidden conflicts, which remain unsolved for a long period of time. The experience shows that it does not result in anything positive." "If this situation remains unaltered, the population will disintegrate and the hostility will go on."