Armenian experts to attend symposium on Karabakh in WashingtonOctober 12, 2011 - 21:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ways to peacefully resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed at a symposium in George Mason University, Washington, with participation of officials from Armenia and Azerbaijan. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from a reliable source, the Armenian side will be represented by Foreign Ministry official Tigran Mkrtchyan, director of the Regional Studies Center Richard Giragosian and director of the International Center for Human Development Tevan Poghosyan. Azerbaijan will be represented by Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev, acting head of the Center of Strategic Studies Gyulshan Pashaeva and member of the Diplomatic Academy Taleh Ziyadov. Tom de Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will be the moderator of the discussions. Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |