International conference "Armenia at the crossroads of communications" launched in Armenia. The conference is attended by experts and politicians from Russia, Turkey, Georgia. Iran's delegation does not participate in the conference due to a strained internal political situation in the country.

"Communications play important role in our complex region, however our region is attractive in respect to investments and cooperation," Shavarsh Kocharyan, RA deputy minister of foreign affairs said opening the conference. According to him, energy projects are of main priority. "Currently, attempts to isolate Armenia from such regional projects are undertaken, but even in the case of isolation Armenia is able to export electric energy to neighbor countries. All this is possible thanks to cooperation with Russia and implementation of projects with Iran," Mr. Kocharyan stressed.

Communications play an important role in ironing out the differences, although they can also cause differences, Shavarsh Kocharyan said.