NATO thanks Azerbaijan for contribution to security in Afghanistan

The meeting of Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov with NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and representatives of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council was of a positive nature.

Major discussed issues included fight against terrorism and regional security, especially Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Appathurai said.

NATO representations expressed satisfaction with efforts of Azerbaijan to solve conflict peacefully, step-by-step and acceptable for both sides and said he hopes that result of Moscow's meeting will be satisfactory.

The North Atlantic Cooperation Council supports Azerbaijani government's intention to conduct defense reforms dynamically by persisting that stable reforms are major factor of success and confirmed that NATO is ready for assisting Azerbaijan in its striving, he said.  

Appathurai confirmed that efforts of public diplomacy to make presence of NATO more visible in Azerbaijan were successful.

/Trend News/