FRENCH "INTERNATIONAL POLICY" JOURNAL DEVOTES A SPECIAL SECTION TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
Feb 11, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: The "International Policy" journal
which is being published in Paris and is one of the most authoritative
European publications among international political and diplomatic
circles, in its last issue devoted a special section of more than
100 pages to Armenia.

Press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress that
the section starts with an extended article of Armenian President
Serzh Sargsian where the path of Armenian independence, issues of
the country and its prospects are presented.

In the article entitled "The Future Belongs to Us" the Armenian
president, under the sub-context of ensuring security of South
Caucasian region and full usage of opportunities of economic
development, in details referred to the Nagorno Karabakh issue and
the opportunity of regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations presenting
today’s realities and Armenian viewpoints on their regulation. Place
of Armenia in the world and main directions of Armenian Foreign Policy
in the conditions of new geopolitical situation are presented in the
interview of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian given to
the journal.

In the journal a member of French parliament, head of the
France-Armenia inter parliamentary friendship group Fransua Roshbluan
tells about rich and full Armenian-French relations.

Historian Marsel Leare’s "Diaspora trump card", well known specialist
in the sphere of study of the genocide Iv Teron’s "Turkey: deadlock of
denial" and Italian Armenian scientist professor Valentina Kaltsolari’s
"The Armenian idea between East and West" articles also found place
in the issue of the journal.

Economist Vahagn Grikorian’s article tells about the transition period
of Armenian economy, programs of economic stability and prospects
of development.

In the special section dedicated to Armenia the journal has also
published the prologue of Charles Aznavour’s "Passed days" book where
the great arts figure on the example of history of his family presents
the difficult path of migrant Armenians who appeared in foreign
country and the expectations of these family for the best future.

Founder, director and the chief editor of the journal is a well known
political scientist, a professor of Paris political science institute
Patrik Vazhman.

"How can we forget that our relations with the Armenian people dates
back to crusades, – writes P. Vazhman in the prologue of the journal,
– that Armenian last monarch Levon VI Lusinian was of French origin
and is buried in the mausoleum of French monarchs in Sen Deni,
that the 1915 genocide gave reason to the most exciting speeches of
Klemanso and that at the end of the World War I France was for short
period supervising Cilicia where the Armenian Christian kingdom had
been spread".

Leading people of the world policy are presented in the "International
policy". Interviews of head of the European Commission Jose Manuel
Barroso, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the Czech
Republic Vatzlav Klaus and President of Brazil Luish Inyatso Lula da
Silva have been published in the mentioned issue.