NATO Secretary General to visit Azerbaijan

Civil and military officers of the NATO Headquarters expected to attend the conference. “Azerbaijan made an important step toward integration into the Euro-Atlantic space by joining the Partnership for Peace Program in May, 1994. Baku is supporting the NATO peacekeeping operations and reforming its armed forces in accordance with NATO standards”, said Bureau.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO European Commander are also expected to join the conference.

Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry told APA the date of conference is specified now. The ministry didn’t give information about the participants of the conference.

Scheffer will hand over the NATO Secretary General’s mandate to newly-elected Anders Fogh Rasmussen in August, 2009. Rasmussen was elected to the post of the NATO Secretary General in the NATO Summit on April 3-4 in Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany.

/APA/