Armenia's policy in the region is targeted at transforming it into a region of stability, cooperation and development of the states on the basis of democracy and human rights observance, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanian stated at the international scientific conference titled "Caucasus without conflicts and terror: dialogue of civilizations on the Caucasian crossroad" held in Yerevan today. In his words, this way it would be possible to counteract the challenges and international terrorism. The Deputy Minister remarked that the dialogue between civilizations was initiated by former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami several years ago.

"The Iran-Armenia relations can serve as an ideal model of relations for the South Caucasian states. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the relations between Armenia and Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish relations can be settled if Turkey acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, opens the borders and assumes a neutral position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Gegham Gharibjanian underscored.