Roundtable “NATO”s role in European security system“was held in Ganja State University with participation of Romanian ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureku, APA”s local bureau reports. Teachers of Ganja State University and other high schools of the region, intellectuals attended the discussions. Ureku regarded the meeting as an important step in the development of Azerbaijan-NATO cooperation.
“15 years have passed since the first document was signed on Azerbaijan-NATO partnership. During these years, Azerbaijan carried out over 50 activities strengthening this partnership. Our cooperation has reached a new stage. I am sure that Azerbaijan will profit from the experience of the neighboring Turkey, which successfully passed this stage,” he said.
NATO representative said Azerbaijan“s future cooperation with NATO will be in the field of protection of energy resources and naval forces. In the end the diplomat answered the questions of the roundtable participants and discussions were held on the theme.
To APA“s question about NATO's position on Nagorno Karabakh, the ambassador expressed his concern over the protraction of the conflict.
“NATO is cooperating with Azerbaijan and Armenia and tries to be unbiased on this problem. But we support the solution to the conflict within Azerbaijan”s territorial integrity,“he said.
Ureku added that Romania“s position did not differ from that of NATO”s.
Romania is NATO's coordinating country on Azerbaijan.
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