 a joint seminar with the atlantic council on armenianato relations tuesday may 7 2013 all day united states on may 7 policy forum armenia joined forces with the atlantic council to hold an offtherecord roundtable discussion with washingtonbased senior experts on nato and the south caucasus armenia is a participant of the european union s eastern partnership program and has had some engagement with nato which is in the midst of rethinking its partnership policy in the aftermath of the may 2012 chicago summit the discussion focused on the armenianato relationship and armenia s defense and security including military reform and other cooperation nato s objectives in the black sea and the caucasus region and how armenia relates to them and russia s and turkey s role in the region and their relationship with armenia the discussion also touched upon armenia s domestic political and economic situation and how they relate to armenia s foreign policy and its regional standing as well as its overall progress  high level roundtable discussion  