RA FOREIGN MINISTER PARTICIPATES IN BLED STRATEGIC FORUM

AZG Armenian Daily
29/08/2007

Minister Oskanian participated in the Bled Strategic Forum, held
in Bled Slovenia, at the invitation of Slovenian Foreign Minister
Dimitrij Rupel. The Forum, held on August 26 and 27, featured speakers
and panelists from the European Union structures, as well as government
officials from Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Minister Oskanian
addressed a Round Table Discussion entitled "Economic and Political
Trends in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: the Role of the EU and
the OSCE." He spoke about the generally positive economic trends and
the importance of continuing efforts to ensure that political trends,
too, continue to be positive. He stressed the need for focusing on
deep and lasting economic development.

Minister Oskanian called on the international community to see the
region beyond its capacity to produce oil and gas, and instead to
view human capital as the major resource to utilize and enhance.