NATO urges Caucasus states to partnership

William Lahue, NATO Liaison Officer for the South Caucasus, said at the NATO Partnership in the South Caucasus Conference in Yerevan that any Caucasus state could become a NATO member, News Armenia reports.He noted that the events in Ukraine forced NATO to reconsider its relations with partners. Lahue stated that NATO had been reducing its forces because there had been fewer threats, but the situation had changed.The NATO officer called Russia’s actions in Ukraine a threat to stability in the Caucasus and North-Atlantic Region.Experts and analysts of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, USA, Russia, Turkey, Iran, UK, Spain and Belgium discussed regional security, prospects of the Euro-Atlantic, European and Eurasian partnership and cooperation, the geopolitical split and the main tendencies of each country in the region at the conference organized by the SPECTRUM Center for Strategic Analysis.

William Lahue, NATO Liaison Officer for the South Caucasus, said at the NATO Partnership in the South Caucasus Conference in Yerevan that any Caucasus state could become a NATO member, News Armenia reports.

He noted that the events in Ukraine forced NATO to reconsider its relations with partners. Lahue stated that NATO had been reducing its forces because there had been fewer threats, but the situation had changed.

The NATO officer called Russia’s actions in Ukraine a threat to stability in the Caucasus and North-Atlantic Region.

Experts and analysts of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, USA, Russia, Turkey, Iran, UK, Spain and Belgium discussed regional security, prospects of the Euro-Atlantic, European and Eurasian partnership and cooperation, the geopolitical split and the main tendencies of each country in the region at the conference organized by the SPECTRUM Center for Strategic Analysis.