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YEREVAN HOSTS THE CAUCASUS 2009 CONFERENCE
Aysor
May 21 2010
Armenia
A two-day International Science Conference, titled "Caucasus 2009,"
was launched in Yerevan on Friday, gathering together scholars,
scientists, politicians, and reporters from Armenia, Georgia, Turkey,
Russia, and the European countries.
It was expected that representatives from Azerbaijan would also
attend the event; however, Director of the Caucasus Institute,
Aleksandr Iskandarian, said that representative from Azerbaijan
"for reasons beyond his control" couldn't travel to Armenia.
The conference will focus on developments and events, which took
place in the region. Among its highlights are items of policy,
economy, social development in the South and North Caucasus in 2009,
and policies of the United States, Europe, Turkey and Russia in the
region. A range of the regional issues will be discussed as well.
A representative from Turkey, Sitat Shelikpala, the associate professor
at the University of Economy in Ankara, will make a presentation on
the Turkish policy in the Caucasus in 2009.
Aysor
May 21 2010
Armenia
A two-day International Science Conference, titled "Caucasus 2009,"
was launched in Yerevan on Friday, gathering together scholars,
scientists, politicians, and reporters from Armenia, Georgia, Turkey,
Russia, and the European countries.
It was expected that representatives from Azerbaijan would also
attend the event; however, Director of the Caucasus Institute,
Aleksandr Iskandarian, said that representative from Azerbaijan
"for reasons beyond his control" couldn't travel to Armenia.
The conference will focus on developments and events, which took
place in the region. Among its highlights are items of policy,
economy, social development in the South and North Caucasus in 2009,
and policies of the United States, Europe, Turkey and Russia in the
region. A range of the regional issues will be discussed as well.
A representative from Turkey, Sitat Shelikpala, the associate professor
at the University of Economy in Ankara, will make a presentation on
the Turkish policy in the Caucasus in 2009.