Declaration on creation of new region to unite South Caucasus and
Middle East adopted in Yerevan

2008-02-08 13:38:00

ArmInfo. Participants in the international conference "Caucasus and
Middle East countries – possible partners in the process of formation
of regional security system", held in Yerevan on 7-8 February, adopted
final declaration with a suggestion to create new region that will
unite South Caucasus and Middle East.

As the first vice-president of World Armenian Congress, leader of the
Democratic Party of Armenia Aram Sarkisyan said, the document needs
certain completion. To note, by adoption of the declaration
participants in the conference proved that the necessity of
coordination of the actions in the matter of peaceful development of
the South Caucasus and Middle East countries is still relevant today.
Authorized representatives of the countries of the region were
suggested to adopt a memorandum ‘that presents general problems,
integration expectations and risks, and the options for the regional
problems solution’. ‘We offer to adopt the national and humanitarian
tasks, which each country may settle independently, as the main
unifying idea. At the same time effectiveness of these tasks solution
will higher if the neighbouring states cooperate’, – Sarkisyan said.

To note, experts and public figures from Russia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
China, Georgia, Syria and Turkey took part in the conference.