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Azerbaijan at Nato crisis management exercise
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11:07 30-03-2010
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Between 4-10 March 2010, NATO conducted its regular Crisis Management Exercise (CMX). Exercise was delayed from earlier in 2009 due to the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit. The exercise was designed to practice Alliance crisis management procedures at the strategic political level and involved civilian and military staffs in national capitals, at NATO Headquarters, and in both Strategic Commands. Unlike a live exercise, however, no forces were actually deployed for the purpose of these exercises.
The scenario for the exercise was fictitious. The portrayed crisis focused on a security situation beyond the Euro-Atlantic area that is progressively deteriorating featuring an ongoing NATO-led multi-national crisis response operation, a humanitarian crisis and terrorism.
All 28 NATO Allies have been involved in planning CMX 2009. NATO Partner nations have joined the planning process for CMX 2009 and participated in the exercise, including: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹, and Ukraine, as well as Mediterranean Dialogue partner Israel. Staffs from the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross also participated in the exercise.
Sponsored by NATO’s Secretary General, CMX 2009 was jointly run by the International Staff, the International Military Staff and the two NATO Strategic Commands, Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation. This was NATO’s 16th CMX since the end of the Cold War. For further information, please contact the NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels. Tel.+322-7075041 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +322-7075041 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; Fax: +322-7075057.
Source: NATO CPE Azerbaijan Informative Newsletter. Compilled and edited by NATO Contact Point Embassy in Azerbaijan. 3-rd Edition, March 2010.
The Embassy of Romania is fulfilling the mandate of NATO CPE in Azerbaijan for 2009-2010 years. Contact address: Embassy of Romania, 125A, Akad Hasan Aliyev Av. Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, Tel: +99412/4650926, E-mail: rom_amb_baku@azdata.net
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