NEW TRENDS IN CONNECTION WITH NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS IN STEPANAKERT

armradio.am
21.10.2008 11:44

On October 23, 2008 the Caucasus Institute will hold a roundtable
discussion on New Trends in Connection with Nagorno-Karabakh in
the Light of Recent Parliamentary Hearings in Stepanakert. The
roundtable will discuss current and potential political developments
in connection with the Karabakh conflict, and their influence on the
regional security of the South Caucasus.

Short introductory presentations will be made by two experts who
participated in the parliamentary hearings in Nagorno-Karabakh on
October 10, 2008: Sergey Minasyan, Head of the Caucasus Studies
Department at the Caucasus Institute, and Stepan Grigoryan, Head of
the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation.

The speakers will present their views on main trends in the
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute and share impressions of the parliamentary
hearings held in Stepanakert. The reports will be followed by a
discussion with the participation of prominent political scientists,
journalists, NGO activists, members of international organizations
and diplomatic missions.

The round table is part of a series of expert seminars and public
debates organized by the CI in the framework of a project supported
by the South Caucasus Bureau of the Heinrich Boll Foundation and
aimed at focusing the public discourse in Armenia at crucial issues
of regional development.