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    RAFFI HOVANNISIAN TAKES PART IN TRANSATLANTIC FORUM IN BRUSSELS

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    May 02 2006

    BRUSSELS, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. First Armenian
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, represented Armenia at an international
    policy conclave which was convened here from April 28 to 30 under
    the auspices of the German Marshall Fund of the United States,
    the Federal Government of Belgium, and the Bertelsmann Stiftung
    of Germany. According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan
    by the Armenian Center for National and International Studies,
    entitled "Transatlantic Challenges in a Global Era," the Brussels
    Forum brought together world leaders, public figures, diplomats,
    academicians, activists, and renowned journalists in order to
    reassess the transatlantic agenda from American, European, and
    neighborhood perspectives; to discuss the threats of terrorism and
    pandemics across the globe of the 21st Century; to explore global
    competition in the public and private sectors; to chart the course
    of democracy and geopolitics in wider Europe, the Middle East, and
    China; and to contemplate transatlantic energy security, national
    identities, and international integration. In his intervention, Raffi
    Hovannisian addressed the track record of the transatlantic alliance
    and examined its contribution to the transition from Cold War to
    European cooperation. He also underscored the imperative correlation
    between collective security and shared core values both within the
    alliance and for potential partners on its periphery. In particular,
    he urged the stringent and equal application to all national actors
    of the highest standards of democracy, rule of law, human rights
    protection, and genocide prevention and condemnation--irrespective of
    their place and role in the international system. Against the backdrop
    of contemporary democracy movements and geopolitical developments,
    Raffi Hovannisian held informal meetings with Dr. Javier Solana,
    Secretary General of the Council of the European Union; NATO Secretary
    General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer; Romanian President Traian Basescu;
    and United States Senators John McCain and Bob Bennett. In the
    margins of the conference, Raffi Hovannisian also met with Crown
    Prince Philippe of Belgium; Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt;
    General James Jones, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe; Chairman
    Elmar Brok of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs;
    Belgian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht;
    Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay; U.S. Senators George Voinovich
    and John Edwards (former); Jordanian Senator Marwan al-Muasher; former
    Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio; DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dieter
    Zetsche; and several others. Hovannisian and his conference colleagues
    were received at the Royal Palace by His Highness King Albert of
    Belgium. Raffi Hovannisian, who is founder of the Armenian Center
    for National and International Studies and the National Citizens'
    Initiative, currently chairs the Heritage Party of Armenia.
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