ROBERT SIMMONS: “AZERBAIJAN SUCCESSFULLY FINALIZED IPAP FIRST PHASE WILL ACHIEVE HIGH RESULTS IN ITS SECOND PHASE TOO”

Defense Minister of Azerbaijan General-Colonel Safar Abiyev met on June 27 with the Special Representative of the NATO Secretary General on the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.
Speaking about the positive results achieved in the cooperation with NATO, Safar Abiyev said all programs considered for this goal in recent years were carried out in time and successful development of the works done for the meeting of the NATO standards deepened the relations with Euro-Atlantic alliance more, Press-Service of the Defense Ministry told APA. In his turn, Robert Simmons noted that he shared the thoughts with Safar Abiyev and he was hopeful for more development of Azerbaijan-NATO relations. The Special Representative said that Azerbaijan successfully finalized IPAP first phase and it would achieve high results in its second phase too.
Baku. Mahbube Gasimbeyli-APA