ACGRC Seminar in Vanadzor (Armenia) - “Armenian-Turkish cross-border cooperation: possible initiatives by Armenia and Turkey”

On November 29, 2008, an international conference on “Armenian-Turkish cross-border cooperation: possible initiatives by Armenia and Turkey” took place in Vanadzor (Armenia). The conference was organized by Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC). Experts, lecturers, students, representatives of NGOs, citizens were taking part in the conference. The member of “ARI” movement, the director of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Center Ozgul Erdemli Mutlu, the coordinator of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor Arthur Sakunts, the editor-in-chief of “Turkish Policy Quarterly “ magazine, Diba Nigar Goksel, Dr. Stepan Grigoryan, the chairman of the board of Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) made speeches.

The welcoming remarks were made by Dr. Anita Schlüchter Roth, Deputy Head of the Mission , Embassy of Switzerland to Georgia and Armenia , Khoren Gasparyan, Advisor to the Mayor of Vanadzor and Dr. Stepan Grigoryan, ACGRC.

The goal of the meeting was to change the stereotypes formed in Armenia and Turkey, by creating new relationships and effective cooperation between the nations. This conference is a part of a project “Trust Building in Armenian-Turkish Relations through civil society Actors cooperation” which ACGRC is realizing with support from Embassy of Switzerland to Georgia and Armenia.