ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON

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Oct 27 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – A three-day Armenian-Azerbaijani conference was held in
Washington, and it was very productive, Regional Studies Center
Director Richard Giragosian stated during a press conference on
Thursday.

In his words, this was the first attempt at establishing dialogue,
after many years, and it also included officials.

“These meetings comprised open and secret meetings. They brought
together representatives from civil societies, the diaspora, and
governments. Armenia was represented by MFA department head, Tigran
Lazarian,” the analyst noted.

“The reason why the meeting was productive is because it was not for
propaganda purposes. It was more of an attempt to open the window
of dialogue.

Three important agreements were reached; this will be considered the
first step in a longer dialogue,” Richard Giragosian maintained, adding
that the parties intend to make this event be as inclusive as possible.

According to the analyst, it is noteworthy that official Baku has
allowed for such thing to take place. “The dialogue was clearly
separating the Karabakh conflict from Armenian-Turkish relations,”
Richard Giragosian concluded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress