On June 13 at 14:00 in the Georgian village of Tekali (junction of borders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia) will be held a regular meeting of the inhabitants of the South Caucasus. The event is planned to discuss the topic: "European integration as a mechanism for conflict transformation.
According to the press release of the event, on the subject will speak the Director of "Regional Centre for Strategic Studies," Mikhail Mirziashvili and the head of the Caucasian Center for Strategic Studies, Mamuka Areshidze.
After the presentations, the event participants will vote on the applicability of the Georgian experience in the transformation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Then there will be presented a report on the establishment of the working group "Tekali process" for the protection of human rights and freedoms in the frontline of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
According to the Caucasus Center of Peace-Making Initiatives (CCPMI), for all comers will be organized transport from Tbilisi, Marneuli, Tovuz, Akstafa, Kazakhs, Ijevan, Noyemberyan. For reservations on the bus should contact the organizers by e-mail info@tekali.org or call +994 55 8726695 (Azerbaijan), +374 55 401 459 (Armenia), + 995 593 677634 (Georgia).
The meeting was organized by the Association "Tekali" Caucasus Center of Peace-Making Initiatives Foundation, Civic Integration, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies under the financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED.)
It should be noted that the meeting in Tekali has been held for several years, the initiator is the Armenian peacekeeper, director George Vanyan.-02D-
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