Progress registered in the Armenia-NATO IPAP cooperation.

The interdepartmental commission coordinating the implementation of the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) held its final sitting in 2011.

MFA press office reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimyan presented the general assessment of the work done in the passing year and hailed the effectiveness of the activity of the interdepartmental commission.

First Deputy Defense Minister David Tonoyan presented the main directions of cooperation with the Alliance in the field of defense, particularly emphasizing the participation of Armenian peacekeepers in NATO actions and the support form NATO and its member states in the implementation of defense reforms.

The results of implementation of IPAP objectives in 2011 were summed up, the progress towards expansion of cooperation was emphasized during the sitting.