WILTON PARK CONFERENCE BEING HELD IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 6 2006
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Wilton Park well-known organization’s
conference under the title "The South Caucasus: Perception of the
Region and Challenges" is being held on November 6-9 in Yerevan, for
the first time in the South Caucasus. The conference was organized by
RA Foreign Ministry jointly with the Wilton Park British organization.
The conference being held in Armenia is to answer the following
questions: which are the problems and abilities of the region situated
on the crossroad of the East and the West, what lessons were learnt
during the 15 years of independence, what kind of economic policy is
demanded from the governments, business and international financial
institutions for contributing to the economic growth, investments and
efficient management, how can this policy, including policy of economic
integration, energy and transport, help to build a new region in the
developing environment, how can measures aimed at building confidence
and open borders contribute to mutual understanding, which is the
way of European integration without conflicts in the region.
As NT was informed from RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information
Department, Special Representative of UK Government to the South
Caucasus Brian Fall, Deputy Foreign Ministry of Georgia Georgy
Manjgaladze, Special Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the
Nagorno Karabakh issue Andrzej Kasprzyk, former Special Representative
of EU to the South Caucasus, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie and others
will make reports at the conference.
The Wilton Park is one of the most authoritative and leading centers
of conferences in the world, which has organized more than 1000 events
since 1946. It works as an independent academical institution attached
to the Foreign Affairs Department of the United Kingdom. It is 6
decades this intitution unites representatives of various countries
of the world for the purpose of discussing the most urgent issues
of politics. The Wilton Park is going to organize 60 events during
2006. Among the main subjects of the conferences are political,
security and economic issues, as well as environment and terrorism,
social reforms and influence of information revolution.