INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS IS HELD IN YEREVAN

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2008-05-20 13:15:00

ArmInfo. An international conference, dedicated to the problem of the
Armenian-Turkish relations "Global Challenges and Threats: Whether
Joint Efforts of Armenia and Turkey are Possible" is held in Yerevan
in the "Congress" hotel. The conference has been organized by USAID,
the "Eurasia" Partnership Fund and the "Global" International public
organization.

Armenian and Turkish experts, representatives of foreign diplomatic
missions, accredited in Armenia, political scientists, economists
and lawyers take part in the conference. The conference is aimed at
clarifying whether the European aspirations of Armenia and Turkey
are really able to mitigate the available historical and political
discrepancies. The importance of the Armenian and Turkish expert
Centers in the afore- mentioned process is discussed among other issues
at the conference. For this purpose, employee of the Analytical Center
of Globalization and Regional Cooperation Diba Nigar Goksel, being
also an editor of the "Turkish Policy Quarterly" periodic edition,
takes part in the conference.

In his opening speech, US Charge dAffaires to Armenia Joseph
Pennington emphasized the significance of public organizations able
to establish even a diplomatic dialogue under absence of any official
relations. Such conferences promote improvement of relations, cerate
conditions for joint business, strengthen the regional cooperation,
which is also assisted by the USA, officer of the USA Embassy in
Armenia Steve Banks said introducing J. Pennington’s opening speech,
who failed to be personally present at the conference because of
illness.

Head of the Armenian branch of the Analytical Center of Globalization
and Regional Cooperation, a political expert Stepan Grigoryan, RA
parliamentarian, member of the Republican party faction Ashot Ashotyan
and Head of the Caucasian Institute of Mass Media, a political expert
Alexander Iskandaryan also made a speech at the conference.