NATO International Military Staff’s Cooperation and Regional Security Department Chief, Major-general Carlos Branco will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on January 31, Spokesman for Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Eldar Sabiroglu told Trend News agency.

In April 1996, an official document envisaging concrete directions in the cooperation was signed within the framework of the Partnership for Peace. Now, Azerbaijan is fulfilling about 50 tasks in conformity with the program.

On August 3, 2005, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the Decree on “Approval of the Action Plan on Individual Partnership between the Azerbaijani Republic and NATO”.