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By Amina Nazarli

Romanian Embassy, which fulfills the mandate of NATO Contact Point Embassy to Azerbaijan for the fourth time in a row, organized a round table on NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation on November 10.

Officials of the North Atlantic Alliance, ambassadors, senior diplomats and military attaches from embassies of NATO countries in Baku took part at the roundtable. A team of international military experts also attended.

Opening the event Romanian Ambassador Daniel Cristian Ciobanu highlighted the strategic character of the relations between North Atlantic Alliance and Baku. In the field of public diplomacy NATO-Azerbaijan partnership is actively developing.

The embassy organized several events last two months, including a NATO presentation stand at EuroVillage festival in September, a roundtable on NATO-Azerbaijan relations with participation of civilian and military representatives of NATO Liaison Office for South Caucasus on October 7, and a workshop together with Organization of Integration of Azerbaijani Youth to Europe - AGAT on October 8.

A special attention is paid by the Embassy to increasing public awareness about NATO and the benefits of NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation. Romania, which has been the second country in the world to recognize Azerbaijan’s independence, will further support the development of NATO-Azerbaijan partnership.

Pavel Anastasov from NATO Headquarters, in turn, made an in-depth presentation of the main elements of NATO’s training and education programs.

During the round table the participants approached aspects of joint interest regarding NATO-Azerbaijan relationship.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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