Perspectives of establishing common security system in Caucasus and Middle East establishment discussed in Yerevan
It is extremely important to discuss regional security problems, because it contributes to formation of a single regional security concept that plays an important role in guaranteeing stability in the region, said Tigran Torosyan, the parliamentary speaker of Armenia, while speaking at a two-day conference that opened in Yerevan. The conference is called “Caucasus and the Middle East countries as potential partners in the process of forming the regional security system.”
A REGNUM correspondent quotes Torosyan as saying that the time has come for Caucasus region and the Middle East to form a common security system similar to the one of the European Union. Torosyan noted it is very difficult to put in practice something of the kind, because in spite of common features of Caucasus and the Middle East regions, for the present, their differences are prevailing. “Well, Europe was uniting under rather hard conditions either, when World War II had just finished, although there was still a danger of a new war,” the speaker noted. According to him, in case of Caucasus and the Middle East it will be difficult to implement this too and it would be naivety to expect some results right after the conference, but “the very fact of the initiative of such conference gives reasons to speak about the dialog to be opened.” As Torosyan said, for both regions to ally on security issues, it is necessary to develop a common system of values, which will become the starting point for the collaboration. Torosyan hopes that at the next conference its participants will be able to sum up and to start the process of forming a common regional security concept. “It’s necessary to work much for putting into life even the most fantastic ideas,” he emphasized.
It is worth mentioning, political analysts and experts from Russia, Egypt, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and China are taking part in the conference.
12:58 02/07/2008
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