NATO deputy secretary general to visit Azerbaijan

NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska will visit Azerbaijan in the first half of next year, the alliance’s office said.

Shekerinska is due to visit Armenia on Dec. 18, where she will hold talks with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Defence Minister Suren Papikyan, Armenian media reported.

The alliance said Shekerinska will also meet representatives of Armenian civil society and ambassadors of NATO member states during her visit to Yerevan.