AMBASSADOR ASHOT HOVAKIMIAN DELIVERS LECTURE IN VIENNA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Noyan Tapan
April 29, 2008
VIENNA, APRIL 29, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of
the Vienna International University Ambassador of Armenia to Austria
Ashot Hovakimian delivered a lecture titled "Armenia at a crossroad"
on April 22 for students and professorial staff.
The Ambassador touched upon the historic past of Armenia stressing
the circumstances of being a geographical, cultural crossroad and the
influence and consequences they left on the country and the people. He
mentioned that those factors are still of great vitality for the
current Armenia and the factor of a geopolitical crossroad has been
added after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence
of Armenia.
The Ambassador introduced the total picture of the foreign
policy priorities, the economic development of the Republic of
Armenia, the regulation process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
the Armenian-Turkish relations and the regional situation. The
interpolitical situation in Armenia after the presidential elections
was briefly introduced.
According to the information provided by the Press and Information
Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the end of the
lecture, Ambassador Hovakimian answered the questions of those present.
Representatives of the Austrian Armenian community were also present
at the lecture.