SITUATION IN CAUCASUS ON CONFERENCE’S AGENDA IN YEREVAN

Aysor
May 25 2010
Armenia

Institute of the CIS states in assistance with its Armenian Office
is holding in Yerevan the International Conference entitled “The
Situation in Caucasus and Prospects for Regional Security.”

The conference’s agenda is to discuss the new geo-political reality
in the Caucasus region of recent years as well as items of policy of
the South Caucasus countries, Iran and Turkey, and Russia and other
powers here.

The conference gathered together participants from Armenia, Russia,
Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Iran, Turkey, and Canada.

Representatives from Azerbaijan renounced their participation at the
last minutes.

The conference is an important event in terms of recent developments
in the region, told Aysor Hrayr Karapetian, Chairman of the Standing
Parliamentary Committee for Defense, National Security and Internal
Affairs.

Among Armenian participants are Secretary of the National Security
Council Artur Baghdasarian, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission
on Science, Culture and Youth Affairs Artak Davtian, Deputy Foreign
Minister Shavarsh Kocharian and other representatives of the public
and diplomatic circles.

From: A. Papazian