CANADA HOSTS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "AZERBAIJAN IN THE CONTEXT OF CASPIAN GEOPOLITICS"

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Nov 13 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Azerbaijani embassy in Canada and Canada’s Carleton
University Norman Paterson School of International Affairs organized
first scientific conference entitled "Azerbaijan in the context of
Caspian geopolitics" in Ottawa, Canada on November 12. Azerbaijani,
U.S. and Canadian scientists made reports on the current geopolitical
realities of the South Caucasus and Caspian region, security and energy
issues, including Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, legal aspects of the
conflict solution, impact of Turkish-Armenian rapprochement on the
political situation in the region and other issues at the conference,
the embassy told APA.

Ambassador Farid Shafiyev emphasized the importance of conference
agenda for the region and called on the Canadian and Azerbaijani
scientists to develop research exchanges and discussions.

Canadian scientists and researchers, Privy Council representatives and
members of the Azerbaijani community in Canada attended the conference.