COUNCIL ON FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY ISSUES FORMED IN NKR

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.12.2008 14:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A group of public figures of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic have come together to establish the Council on Foreign
Policy and Security Issues. The Council seeks to mobilize the
intellectual potential to help address issues facing Artsakh in
the realms of foreign policy and security. The Council will work to
develop recommendations for interested government and non-government
entities. To develop these recommendations Council will reach out to
the public and the expert community to discuss national issues, prepare
and publish analytical briefs, commentaries and expert assessments.

Council members commit themselves to work on the basis of principles
of national interests, non-partisanship and professional competence,
the Council head, former NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan
told PanARMENIAN.Net.

"The Council will bring together local experts as well friends of
Artsakh working abroad," Mr. Mayilian said. He expressed confidence
that Council’s work will benefit state agencies involved in foreign
policy-making.

Council members believe that work of the newly-established
non-government entity that is unique to NKR will enrich the republic’s
foreign policy agenda with sound ideas and initiatives. Civil
society’s role in formulation of the foreign policy strategy will
help the republic as it seeks to adopt decisions intended for the
defense of national interests of NKR.