BSECO should assist in creating an environment conducive to resolving conflicts

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Fifteen years later, each of our countries and BSECO too, have changed. I can speak for Armenia: our economic growth is gratifying, the collapse of the time of independence is only a bad memory. Our economic growth is gratifying," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated to the BSECO (Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization) jubilee summit in Istanbul. He said, institutions are stronger, as evidenced by recent elections, which were very positively assessed by the international community. "People are more confident. That confidence comes not just from within, but is buttressed by the assessment of international indices," the RA FM underscored.



He also said broadening interaction between BSECO and the European Union is one of the significant outputs of the organization. "As the EU considers the benefits of a Black Sea Dimension for economic, social, environmental and energy cooperation, and as BSECO works to enhance its interaction with the EU, we around the Black Sea, have much to learn from those around the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Baltic and North seas. Our need for deeper relations is not limited to the structural, technical and institutional expertise in the EU space. We also have much to learn from Europe in trying to find new solutions to old problems. BSECO could have, should have, aided in creating an environment conducive to resolving conflicts in our region. Resolutions are only possible through compromise, compromise requires reciprocal trust between peoples, and cooperation is the obvious and proven way to inculcate such trust. Rejecting cooperation is a symptom of a misplaced desire to find one-sided solutions; this is unrealistic. The era of one-sided solutions is over," Vartan Oskanian underlined, the RA MFA Press Office reports.