YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS: NATO+Armenia meeting took place at NATO Headquarters to discuss the 2011 report on Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). 

Foreign Affairs Ministry press service told Armenpress that the Armenian delegation was led by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimyan and Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan.

NATO+Armenia meeting was chaired by James Appathurai, Special Representatives of NATO Secretary General to Caucasus and Central Asia.

In his speech Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimyan referred to successful fulfillment of Armenia-NATO IPAP, to May 6 parliamentarian elections in Armenia, to positive evaluations of the international observers. The speaker also dwelled on the democratic and institutional reforms implemented in Armenia, Armenia-EU cooperation, Nagorno-Karabakh issue settlement, underlining the tensions on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Azerbaijani provocations and violations of the ceasefire regime. Ashot Hovakimyan also presented the recent regional developments.

Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan presented the reforms implemented in Armenia in the spheres of defense and security as defined by Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan . NATO peacekeeping actions were also under consideration.

Afterward the Armenian officials answered the questions of the representatives of NATO member states.

In their speeches NATO officials highlighted the role of Armenia as an active partner and thanked for the Armenian peacekeeping actions in Kosovo. They also positively assessed the reforms in Armenia in the spheres of defense and politics, as well as the May 6 parliamentarian elections.

Delegations of OSCE Mink Group Co-Chairing Countries, the US and France, confirmed once again the commitment of their states to 3 principles of Nagorno Karabakh conflict  settlement -- non-use of force, self-determination of peoples, and territorial integrity.