YEREVAN. –President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Thursday received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai.

The sides hailed effective cooperation with NATO in all areas, noting that the political dialogue with the Alliance continues.

James Appathurai highly appreciated Armenia’s participation in the peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan.

The President and NATO official shared the view that the current level of relations testifies to deep and all-embracing agenda formed as a result of Armenia-NATO cooperation. This helps improve and modernize Armenia’s defense and security, they added.