Azerbaijan vows to let Armenian military attend NATO exercise

Azerbaijan vows to let Armenian military attend NATO exercise

Interfax news agency, Moscow
29 Apr 04

BAKU

Azerbaijan is prepared to let Armenian officials attend the NATO
military exercises in Baku in the fall, Ramiz Malikov, head of the
Azerbaijani Defence Ministry’s press service, told Interfax on
Thursday [29 April].

“NATO is organizing the exercise and we are prepared to see to it that
every invitee, including Armenian Defence Ministry officials, attends
it,” he said.

“As a rule, Armenian officers are unwilling to travel to Baku but try
to claim their absence is the result of Azerbaijan’s obstruction,”
Malikov said.

NATO’s multinational exercise Cooperative Best Effort-2004 will be
held in Baku in September 2004.