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    "REASSESSMENT OF THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTH CAUCASUS: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, STABILITY AND TRANSMISSION" TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN YEREVAN

    ARMENPRESS
    May 14, 2009

    YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS: The "Reassessment of security environment
    in the South Caucasus: regional conflicts, stability and transmission"
    two-day international conference kicked off today in Yerevan. Within
    its frameworks the participants will refer to the conflicts existing
    in the region - Russian-Georgian, Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian-Turkish
    as well as the relations of states of the region and prospects of
    their development.

    Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan noted that there are
    challenges and threats in South Caucasian region as well: particularly
    the existence of Karabakh conflict and absence of mutually agreed
    political legal bases of regulation between the sides, the policy of
    militarization conducted by Azerbaijan, goal for achieving a military
    superiority and regulation of Karabakh conflict through use of force as
    well as the blockade of Armenia and the policy of Armenia's isolation
    in the region are direct threats for Armenia.

    S. Ohanyan noted that like for all other states as well as for
    Armenia besides a direct military threat there also exist other
    threats including the destabilization of the security environment
    in the Armenian neighbor countries and generally in South Caucasus,
    unleashing existing or new conflicts, international terrorism, illegal
    circulation of weapons of mass destruction and its constitutes,
    drugs and psychotropic agents as well as trafficking in human beings.

    According to him, to liquidate the mentioned and other threats
    Armenia has today chosen two main directions - strengthening the
    national defense system by implementation of reforms and obtainment
    of international security guarantees through integration.

    S. Ohanyan expressed hope that this conference will be a proper arena
    for presentation of important proposals and ideas on the process
    of giving a new meaning to the security in the South Caucasus as
    conduction of suchlike international conferences on the regional
    security gives an opportunity to the experts of different states
    dealing with security researches to express themselves and exchange
    thoughts on the issues of regional security architecture.

    French Ambassador to Armenia Serzh Smessow stressed the importance of
    ensuring the regional stability. Referring to the regional conflicts
    he noted that worsening of the political situation in Georgia is
    troubling not only for Georgia but also for all the neighboring states.

    Developments in Georgia showed that there is no alternative to the
    negotiation process for Karabakh conflict regulation. Referring to the
    negotiation process between Armenia and Turkey S. Smessow expressed
    hope that the regulation of relations between the two states will
    also have a positive impact on the whole region.

    The international conference is being held by the RA Ministry of
    Defense "Institute of National Strategic Researches" and the "Center
    of Defense and International Security Researches" of Lyons Jan Mullen
    University.

    Nearly 20 authoritative experts and scientists from Armenia,
    Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Iran, France, United Kingdom,
    Norway, USA and other states take part in the conference.
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