DIFFERENCES SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT CONSTRUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.05.2009 18:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International conference on regional security issues
in South Caucasus is being held in Yerevan.

The conference hosted representatives of 32 countries and 4
international organizations including EU, OSCE, SCTO. Conference
participants focused on regional security issues, regional conflict
settlement, struggle against international terrorism, drug-dealing
and trafficking as well as collaboration in energetic projects.

In his statement to conference participants, RA President Serzh
Sargsyan expressed his confidence that the conference will
significantly contribute to strengthening regional security and
promote collaboration between the states.

Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, addressing to
conference participants, emphasized that differences in culture,
language and history should not be a source of conflict but a basis
for constructive development between the countries.

Artur Baghdasaryan referred to Armenian-Turkish ties normalization
as an example of tolerance and stressed Armenia’s constructive role
in NKR conflict settlement.

RA Defense Minister, Seyran Ohanyan, in his turn, touched upon the
importance of creating single approaches in security provision issues.