AZERI ANALYST TO DEBATE WITH ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENT
AssA-Irada
September 7, 2009 Monday
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani analyst Vugar Bayramov and Armenias former president,
Robert Kocharian, will face-off in a debate during a panel on the South
Caucasus to be held as part of an economic forum, due in the Polish
northern town of Krynica September 8-12, according to the Economic
and Social Development Center, an NGO headed by the pundit. Bayramov
will speak at three panels during this years forum, with one of them
dealing with geopolitics. During the discussions, which will include
a debate with the former Armenian president, the developments in the
volatile Caucasus region will be mainly analyzed from the viewpoint
of influence by the key players in world politics the United States,
Russia and the 27-member European Union. More specifically, the debate
is likely to focus on such issues as regional integration and energy
security. Participants include the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, the chairman of Georgias parliamentary
committee for international relations, Akaki Minashvili, senior
lawmaker of State Duma, Russias lower house of parliament, Adalbi
Shkhagoshev, and Martha Brill Olcott, a leading US expert on Central
Asia and the Caspian region.
AssA-Irada
September 7, 2009 Monday
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani analyst Vugar Bayramov and Armenias former president,
Robert Kocharian, will face-off in a debate during a panel on the South
Caucasus to be held as part of an economic forum, due in the Polish
northern town of Krynica September 8-12, according to the Economic
and Social Development Center, an NGO headed by the pundit. Bayramov
will speak at three panels during this years forum, with one of them
dealing with geopolitics. During the discussions, which will include
a debate with the former Armenian president, the developments in the
volatile Caucasus region will be mainly analyzed from the viewpoint
of influence by the key players in world politics the United States,
Russia and the 27-member European Union. More specifically, the debate
is likely to focus on such issues as regional integration and energy
security. Participants include the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, the chairman of Georgias parliamentary
committee for international relations, Akaki Minashvili, senior
lawmaker of State Duma, Russias lower house of parliament, Adalbi
Shkhagoshev, and Martha Brill Olcott, a leading US expert on Central
Asia and the Caspian region.