March 24, 2010 - 13:30 AMT
Armenia-Turkey policy discussions to be held in Yerevan
Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) together with Istanbul-based Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and with funding from USAID will hold Armenia-Turkey policy discussions on March 25-26, 2010, EPF Communications Office reported.

The meeting will bring together a number of distinguished opinion makers and media professionals from Turkey and Armenia. The list of participants will include retired Armenian and Turkish diplomats and high-level government officials; as well as renowned Armenian and Turkish media professionals.

The meeting is part of the USAID-funded "Days Two and Three in Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" project, which seeks to build ties and to develop mutual understanding among Armenian and Turkish peer groups in the non-government, media and business sectors. The discussions will not focus on Armenian-Turkish protocols but rather elaborate on the entire range of recent Armenian-Turkish developments. A special emphasis will be made on what should be done within the Track Two Diplomacy efforts regarding the current diplomatic impasse in the Armenia-Turkey relations.

Eurasia Partnership Foundation has been implementing Armenia-Turkey initiatives since 2005 to promote cross-border partnerships between Armenian and Turkish peer groups, helping them to contribute strategically to state efforts to build relations between the two countries.