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International scientific conference “Caucasus-2009” will take place in Yerevan in may 21-22

20.05.2010, 23:52
International scientific conference “Caucasus-2009” organized by the Institute of Caucasus will start on Friday in 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”.  --0—