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    CONFERENCE CONVENED ON ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS

    armradio.am
    21.05.2008 10:54

    Eurasia Partnership Foundation, together with the Analytical Center
    for Globalization and Regional Cooperation NGO and with funding from
    USAID, held an international conference on Armenia-Turkey relations
    on May 20 at the Congress Hotel in Yerevan. The conference, entitled
    "Global Challenges and Threats: Are Joint Efforts between Armenia
    and Turkey Possible?"

    brought together a number of distinguished experts from Turkey and
    Armenia, representatives of diplomatic missions and international
    organizations accredited to Armenia, political scientists, economists
    and legal experts, as well as media representatives.

    The conference examined whether the European aspirations of Turkey
    and Armenia will diminish the historical and political differences
    between the two nations. The conference also explored the capacity
    of Armenian and Turkish analytical centers and expert communities
    to play any significant role in the process. The Analytical Center
    for Globalization and Regional Cooperation and their Turkish partner
    Diba Nigar Goksel (Analyst of the European Stability Initiative and
    Editor of the Turkish Policy Quarterly) also presented a survey of
    political and civil society elites from Armenia and Turkey.

    Keynote speakers included Diba Nigar Goksel; Cem Toker (Leader of
    Liberal-Democratic Party, Turkey), Arda Batu (Member of the Board of
    the ARI Movement, Turkey), Stepan Grigoryan (Chairman, Analytical
    Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, Armenia), Armen
    Ashotyan (Member of the National Assembly of Armenia), and Alexander
    Iskandarian (Director of the Caucasus Media Institute, Armenia).

    "By supporting partnerships between Armenian and Turkish citizens,
    Eurasia Partnership Foundation aims to promote cross-border contacts
    that will improve mutual understanding between the two countries"
    said Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, Country Director of Eurasia Partnership
    Foundation in Armenia. He added, "Increased understanding can
    contribute to the formation of professional cross-border networks,
    promote tolerance among the two societies, and, over the longer term,
    accelerate the normalization of inter-state relations."

    The conference is part of Eurasia Partnership Foundation's
    Armenia-Turkey Initiative, which promotes improved dialogue and
    cooperation between representatives of the non-government, government
    and private sectors in Armenia and their Turkish counterparts.
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