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NATO’s relations with Armenia

How did relations with Armenia evolve?

NATO-Armenia relations date back to 1992, when Armenia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, EAPC, in 1997).

Cooperation deepened and broadened after Armenia joined the Partnership for Peace programme in 1994. Armenia’s participation in the PfP Planning and Review Process since 2002 and its first contribution to KFOR in 2004 further deepened relations. NATO and Armenia agreed on the country’s first Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) in late 2005. 

Key milestones:

1992 Armenia joins the newly created North Atlantic Cooperation Council, renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997
1994 Armenia joins the Partnership for Peace (PfP)
2002 Armenia  is connected to the Virtual Silk Highway.
  Armenia joins the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP)
  Armenia hosts a PfP workshop on information technology for defence policy practitioners.
2003 Armenia hosts the PfP exercise “Cooperative Best Effort 2003” in June.
2004 Armenian forces join KFOR.
At the Istanbul Summit, Allied leaders place special focus on the Caucasus – a special NATO representative and a liaison officer are assigned to the region.
Armenia hosts an EAPC seminar on public information in October.
2005 On June 16, Foreign Minister Varian Okanogan presents Armenia’s first IPAP to the North Atlantic Council.
  Armenia hosts a meeting of the EAPC’s Euro-Atlantic policy advisory group in April.
  Armenia hosts a PfP workshop on conceptual, planning and operational aspects of peacekeeping in Yerevan in October.
  NATO and Armenia agree on Armenia’s first IPAP.
2006 Armenia hosts an EAPC seminar on defence sector governance in Yerevan in March.
2007 Armenia hosts an EAPC workshop on the Partnership Action Plan on Terrorism in Yerevan, in July.
  A NATO information Centre is officially opened in Yerevan.