ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO UNITED KINGDOM DELIVERS SPEECH AT ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY IN SCIENTIFIC FORUM DEDICATED TO CAUCASUS
ARMENPRESS
APRIL 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS: An international scientific conference
dedicated to Caucasus was held April 16-17 at St Andrews University
on "Caucasus: perception of freedom and negotiation over possession"
with the participation of the ambassadors of Armenia, Georgia and
Azerbaijan, as well as of experts and scientists arrived from other
countries.
Armenian Foreign Ministry press service told Armenpress that issues
on the conflicts of the region, as well as the relations of Caucasus
and West, political, cultural, language and historical issues were
discussed.
Armenian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Vahe Gabrielyan referred
in his speech to the Armenian identity, to the main challenges the
Armenian foreign policy faces in Artsakh issue, in Armenian-Turkish
relations and in the process of recognition of he Armenian Genocide
of 1915. He particularly noted that the improvement process of
Armenian-Turkish relations cannot be observed in the context of
relations with third countries, and the Armenian leadership and people
can never forget or ignore the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
V. Gabrielyan thoroughly referred to the history of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and presented the fair struggle of Nagorno Karabakh people
for their rights. Afterward he answered questions regarding Nagorno
Karabakh conflict and regional policy of Armenia.
St Andrews University is one of the first universities of Scotland
and of the United Kingdom and has a high reputation, and its center
for Russian, soviet, Central and Eastern European researches, which
organized this forum collaboratively with the British Academy, has
conducted an event on this theme for the second time.