The Karabakh Conflict: New Realities conference in Stepanakert
09.07.2009 19:13
The Karabakh Conflict: New Realities conference, organized by the Caucasus Institute (Yerevan) and supported by the German Henry Bell Foundation, took place in Stepanakert, Press Service of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.
Political scientists from Armenia, Georgia, and Nagorno Karabagh, as well as public representatives participated in the conference.
Opening the conference, Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandarian noted the importance of holding similar events just on the Karabagh land.
Head of the Henry Bell Foundations Office in the South Caucasus Iris Kempe made a speech called New Prospects of the South Caucasus Euro-integration and its Influence on the Regional Conflicts Settlement. Speaking of the Eastern Partnership Program, she noted that its final success would depend on the stances of the states involved in the program. In this regard, the Karabagh participants of the conference noted the necessity of the Karabagh societys immediate familiarizing with the project in order to create a specific stance, which was approved by Iris Kempe.
Besides, the following speeches were made: Changing Realities and Involvement of Outer Actors in the Karabagh Conflict by Director of the Armenian Center of Strategic and National Researches Richard Giragosian, The Karabagh Conflict: a View From Stepanakert by Karabagh expert Rachya Arzumanian, Comparative Analysis of the South Caucasus Conflicts: Georgias Experience by lecturer of the Tbilisi State University, deputy editor-in-chief of Resonance newspaper Malkhaz Gagua, The Military Risks and the Prospects of Regional Security: Karabagh Dimension by Head of the Political Researches Department of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasian, The Prospects of Conflict Settlement: Expert Judgments and Approaches of the Civil Society in Karabagh by Head of the NKR Public Council on Foreign Policy and Security Masis Mayilian, Ethno-political Conflicts in the South Caucasus: the General and Different by political analyst of Noyan Tapan Agency David Petrosian, and New Region and New Status Quo Around the Karabagh Conflict by Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandarian.
The speeches were followed by discussions, at which the conference participants expressed their opinions and positions.
Public Radio of Armenia
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