INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "CAUCASUS-2009" WILL TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN IN MAY 21-22
ARKA
May 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 20. /ARKA/. International scientific conference
"Caucasus-2009" organized by the Institute of Caucasus will start on
Friday in Yerevan.
Onno Simons, member of delegation of European Commission will have
a speech in the conference.
During the two-day conference, its participants – scientists,
journalists and politicians from Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Russia and
a number of European countries will discuss political, economic and
social developments in South and North Caucasus in 2009, including
regional policy of USA, Russia, Europe and Turkey.
They will also discuss security issues in South-Caucasian region,
not recognized Caucasian republics and ethno-political conflicts.
Mitat Chelikpala from Tobb University of Economy and Technologies
(Ankara), Richard Giragosyan, Director of Armenian center of
Strategic and National Studies (Yerevan), Ivlian Khaindrava from the
Center of development and Cooperation (Tbilisi), Aleksandr Krilov,
Doctor of Historical Sciences of the Institute of World Economy
and International relations (Moscow) and Sergey Markedonov, Head of
Department of Problems of International Relations of the Institute
of Political and Military Analysis of Russian Federation (Moscow)
will have a speech in the conference.
Scientific conference "Caucasus-2009" organized by the Institute
of Caucasus is a part of the program "Building Capacity for Policy
Debate in Armenia" funded by European Union in the amount of 180
thousand EURO. The event is supported by Swiss Fund of development
and Cooperation and the "Heinrich Bell".