On October 4 Artur Baghdasaryan, RA NA Speaker received Simon Lunn, NATO PA General Secretary, who is in Armenia within the framework of holding the NATO PA and RA NA joint seminar “The Security in South Caucasus.” Mher Shageldyan, Chairman of RA NA Standing Committee on Defense, Internal Affairs and National Security participated at the meeting.

During the meeting both sides highlighted the issues of RA NA Cooperation and NATO PA. Mr. Lunn noted that the South Caucasus region is one of the priorities of NATO PA and highlighted the active work in the Inter-parliamentary Assembly, appraising the activity of the Armenian delegation. During the meeting the possibilities of holding international conferences against anti-terrorism and use of chemical weapon in Armenia in 2006 were also discussed. Mr. Lunn expressed the full assistance of NATO PA to those programmes.

RA NA Speaker Artur Baghdasaryan highlighted the assistance of NATO PA in the regional cooperation, noting that the joint discussions promote the overcoming of disagreements.

During the meeting other issues were also discussed.