NKR DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DELIVERS LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 30 2006

WASHINGTON, MARCH 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. NKR Deputy
Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian’s working visit to the United States
of America started on March 22. On the first day of visit, Deputy
Minister Masis Mayilian had a meeting in New York with Archbishop
Oshakan Choloyan, the primate of the American Eastern Diocese of
the Great House of Cilicia Catholicosate of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, at the residence of the primate. Then Deputy Minister Mayilian
visited the RA Representation to the UN where he had meetings with the
staff. Issues connected with cooperation were discussed at the meeting.

M.Mayilian’s meeting with American business circles took place in New
York as well. On behalf of the NKR Government, the Deputy Minister
emphasized the personal interest of the Karabakhi side in the issue
of development of foreign economic relations and briefly presented
the economic field of the republic and the assortment of production
in what businessmen were interested in. Issues connected with export
of productions of Artsakh were also discussed at the meeting. The NKR
Deputy Foreign Minister visited on March 23 the state of Connecticut,
U.S., where he delivered a lecture on the theme “NKR as Factor of Peace
and Stability in South Caucasus Region” at the Connecticut University.

Representatives of the university administration, lecturers, students,
legislators of the state of Connecticut, etc. were present at the
event. Then the Deputy Foreign Minister answered numerous questions of
those present. A reception in honour of the NKR Deputy Foreign Minister
was organized at the Connecticut University after the lecture. As Noyan
Tapan was informed by the NKR Permament Representation to the U.S.,
on the same day Masis Mayilian had a meeting with K.Davidson, the Dean
of the Public Sciences School of the university, and representatives
of the lecturers and professors’ staff. Possibilities of cooperation
and future programs were discussed. On behalf of the university
administration professor K.Davidson thanked the NKR Deputy Foreign
Minister for accepting the invitation of the university. The NKR
Deputy Foreign Minister visited early on March 24 the Connecticut
State Assembly where he had meetings with a number of representatives
of the legislative body of the state. Masis Mayilian touched upon at
the meeting the problems of settlement of the Karabakh conflict and
the present situation in NKR.