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11.12.2009
ACGRC conducted the Second Security Forum of Southern Caucasus in cooperation with German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and with support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Robert Bosch Foundation
On 10 December 2009 H.E. Dr. Patricia Hildegard Flor, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Georgia, organised a reception on the occasion of the Second Security Forum of Southern Caucasus. The reception was attended by Temuri Yakobashvili, (Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister for Reintegration), David Jalagania (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia), Peter Semneby (Ambassador, EU Special Representative in South Caucasus), Van Baiburt (Advisor to the President of Georgia), ambassadors and representatives of the diplomatic missions accredited in Georgia, speakers of the Second Security Forum of Southern Caucasus and journalists.
On 11 December 2009 ACGRC in cooperation with German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and with support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Robert Bosch Foundation conducted the Second Security Forum of Southern Caucasus at the Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi Hotel. The Forum brought together a number of distinguished experts-analysts from the United States of America, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Poland, Germany and Armenia.
Welcoming remarks were made by David Rakviashvili (Deputy State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia), Fredrik Lojdquist (Ambassador, Special Envoy for Georgia of the Swedish EU Presidency), Katja Christina Plate (Head of the Regional Programme for Political Dialogue in the South Caucasus, Konrad Adenauer Foundation), Christian Plate (First Secretary, German Embassy in Tbilisi, on behalf of H.E. Ambassador of Germany), Dr. Stepan Grigoryan (Chairman of the ACGRC Board). Keynote speakers of the Forum were: Peter Semneby – Ambassador, EU Special Representative in South Caucasus, Iris Kempe – Director, South Caucasus Regional Office, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Orysia Lutsevych – Development Director, Europe House-Georgia, George Volski – expert of the International Center for Geopolitical Studies, former Deputy State Minister on Conflict Resolution Issues, Konstantin Zhgenti – former Ambassador of Georgia to Austria and Hungary, Aron Buzogany – German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Rauf Rajabov – Ambassador for Peace, Head of the informational-analytical agency “3rd view”, Azerbaijan, David Shahnazaryan – Ambassador, former MP, Head of the Centre of Political and Legal Studies “Concord”, Armenia, Zurab Abashidze – Head of the Georgian Institute for Russian Studies, Ersu Ablak – expert on foreign affairs, ARI Movement, Turkey, Vakhtang Kolbaia – former Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Jan Pieklo – President of PAUCI (Institute for Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation), Poland, Candan Azer – former representative of Turkey in OSCE Minsk Group, former Ambassador of Turkey in Pakistan and Poland, Viatcheslav Igrunov - Director of the International Institute for Humanities and Political Studies, member of the Russian Duma (1993-2003), Joseph Presel - Ambassador, former co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, former USA Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Rustem Zhangozha – Leader Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of Sciences of Ukraine, Archil Gegeshidze – Senior Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and Giorgi Tarkhan-Mouravi - Institute for Policy Studies.
The Forum was attended by ambassadors of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Japan, Romania and Sweden, the Head of the EU Delegation in Georgia, NATO NLO Caucasus, Deputy Heads of the Missions of Armenia, Bulgaria, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey, diplomats from the Embassies of Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United States of America, representatives of SIDA, GMFUS, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, International Crisis Group, distinguished experts, representatives of Georgian NGOs, journalists and students.
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