Armenia, NATO Launch ‘Individual Partnership’ Plan

28, December 2005
Armenia Liberty
By Armen Zakarian

After more than a year of negotiations with NATO, Armenia has embarked on the implementation of an “individual partnership action plan” (IPAP) that should bring it closer to the U.S.-led alliance and result in a reform of its military.

The two-year plan of joint activities, which formally took effect on December 16, upgrades Armenia’s participation in NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) program designed for members of the former Communist bloc.
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[...] the Armenian government will decide how to continue its cooperation with NATO after by the time it completes the IPAP in late 2007. [...]

Unlike Azerbaijan and especially Georgia, Armenia has not expressed a desire to eventually join NATO. Armenian leaders say the military alliance with Russia remains the bedrock of their national security doctrine.

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