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Regnum, Russia
Feb 9 2008
Perspectives of establishing common security system in Caucasus and
Middle East establishment discussed in Yerevan
It is extremely important to discuss regional security problems,
because it contributes to formation of a single regional security
concept that plays an important role in guaranteeing stability in the
region, said Tigran Torosyan, the parliamentary speaker of Armenia,
while speaking at a two-day conference that opened in Yerevan. The
conference is called `Caucasus and the Middle East countries as
potential partners in the process of forming the regional security
system.'
A REGNUM correspondent quotes Torosyan as saying that the time has
come for Caucasus region and the Middle East to form a common
security system similar to the one of the European Union. Torosyan
noted it is very difficult to put in practice something of the kind,
because in spite of common features of Caucasus and the Middle East
regions, for the present, their differences are prevailing. `Well,
Europe was uniting under rather hard conditions either, when World
War II had just finished, although there was still a danger of a new
war,' the speaker noted. According to him, in case of Caucasus and
the Middle East it will be difficult to implement this too and it
would be naivety to expect some results right after the conference,
but `the very fact of the initiative of such conference gives reasons
to speak about the dialog to be opened.' As Torosyan said, for both
regions to ally on security issues, it is necessary to develop a
common system of values, which will become the starting point for the
collaboration. Torosyan hopes that at the next conference its
participants will be able to sum up and to start the process of
forming a common regional security concept. `It's necessary to work
much for putting into life even the most fantastic ideas,' he
emphasized.
It is worth mentioning, political analysts and experts from Russia,
Egypt, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and China are taking part in the
conference.
Feb 9 2008
Perspectives of establishing common security system in Caucasus and
Middle East establishment discussed in Yerevan
It is extremely important to discuss regional security problems,
because it contributes to formation of a single regional security
concept that plays an important role in guaranteeing stability in the
region, said Tigran Torosyan, the parliamentary speaker of Armenia,
while speaking at a two-day conference that opened in Yerevan. The
conference is called `Caucasus and the Middle East countries as
potential partners in the process of forming the regional security
system.'
A REGNUM correspondent quotes Torosyan as saying that the time has
come for Caucasus region and the Middle East to form a common
security system similar to the one of the European Union. Torosyan
noted it is very difficult to put in practice something of the kind,
because in spite of common features of Caucasus and the Middle East
regions, for the present, their differences are prevailing. `Well,
Europe was uniting under rather hard conditions either, when World
War II had just finished, although there was still a danger of a new
war,' the speaker noted. According to him, in case of Caucasus and
the Middle East it will be difficult to implement this too and it
would be naivety to expect some results right after the conference,
but `the very fact of the initiative of such conference gives reasons
to speak about the dialog to be opened.' As Torosyan said, for both
regions to ally on security issues, it is necessary to develop a
common system of values, which will become the starting point for the
collaboration. Torosyan hopes that at the next conference its
participants will be able to sum up and to start the process of
forming a common regional security concept. `It's necessary to work
much for putting into life even the most fantastic ideas,' he
emphasized.
It is worth mentioning, political analysts and experts from Russia,
Egypt, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and China are taking part in the
conference.