Within the mandate Romanian diplomatic mission is fulfilling as NATO Contact Point Embassy in the Republic of Azerbaijan (for the fourth time in a row) Ambassador Ciobanu delivered a lecture on May 25, 2015 at the Azerbaijan Teachers Institute Quba branch on the perspectives of NATO-Azerbaijan partnership. A large public participated at the event, including local officials, teachers, students and journalists. In his speech Ambassador Ciobanu underlined that Romanian diplomatic mission pays a constant attention to promotion of North Atlantic Alliance values and principles in Azerbaijan. Within its activity Embassy of Romania in Baku is disseminating information about the role and policies of NATO. The goal pursued is to increase public awareness regarding NATO and the benefits of NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation. The next NATO Summit, which will take place on 8-9 July, 2016 in Warsaw (Poland),comes at a crucial time for the Alliance due to a changed security environment. Azerbaijan is a valuable and reliable partner for NATO.Ambassador Ciobanu highlighted that Romania will continue to actively support the development of NATO-Azerbaijan partnership.
