REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIAN EMBASSY TO TAKE PART IN "USA POLICY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS: GEOPOLITICAL AND ENERGY CHALLENGES" CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON

ARMENPRESS
Jan 20, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, ARMENPRESS: American "Heritage Foundation"
organization initiated a conference in Washington, January 27 on "USA
policy in South Caucasus: Geopolitical and Energy Challenges", in which
the representative of Armenian Embassy in the USA will also take part.

An official from "Heritage Foundation" told Armenpress that Assistant
to the Deputy USA Secretary of State on European and Eurasian issues,
OSCE Minsk group co-chairman Matthew Bryza, Coordinator of the
department of Eurasian energy policy Steven Man, Chief consultant
of the commission of foreign relations of the Senate Nail Brown,
representative of the organization Ariel Cohen and others will take
part in the conference and deliver speeches.

Reports will be presented on "The regional security after the August
war" and "Energy and pipelines: challenges for Europe and USA".

The organization explains the necessity of calling a conference with
a circumstance that the Russian-Ukrainian issue which appeared around
gas supply stressed the dependence of Europe from Russia and that
the importance of Caspian hydrocarbon recourses increases.

Besides, after Russian-Georgian war a new situation has established
in the region.

Polls will be conducted on how the USA can develop the bilateral and
multilateral relations in the Caucasian and Caspian regions.