December 18, 2008 - 13:58 AMT
Armenia needs to develop information security mechanisms
Information Wars international conference kicked off in Yerevan today with participation of Secretary of the National Security Council Artur Baghdassaryan, Deputy Minister of Culture David Babayan, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan and other officials.

"The huge flow of information requires thorough research before circulation," Shavarsh Kocharyan said, adding that the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches importance to IT fields.

"To resist the challenges of information wars the Armenian MFA checks the information it receives and doesn't comment on absurd reports. We take action to counterbalance false information spread by Azerbaijan and Turkey and are ready to cooperate with various structures to strengthen Armenia's foreign policy," he said.