A MEETING WAS HELD IN ANKARA WITH THE COOPERATION OF AVIM AND AZERBAIJAN SAM

Commentary No : 2014 / 86

Hazel ÇAĞAN ELBİR

24.11.2014

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On November 21, 2014 Center for Eurasian Studies (AVIM) and Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM) held a meeting in Wyndham Ankara Hotel titled "The Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Threat to Regional Peace, Security and Neighbourly Relations."

The opening speeches of the meeting were given by the Deputy Director of SAM under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Gulshan Pashayeva, Director of AVIM Alev Kılıç, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Ankara Faiq Bagirov and the President of Jamestown Foundation Glen Howard. The meeting consisted of two panels.

The first panel, under the title of "The 'Nagorno-Karabakh Issue' from 1828 to Present Demographic Processes and Administrative Changes", was moderated by Prof. Dr. Musa Qasımlı. The following presentations were made during the first panel: "Nagorno-Karabakh in the Ottoman Archives" by Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sarınay (Dean of the Faculty of Science and Letters of TOBB University of Economics and Technology, former manager of the state archives of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, "Administrative Changes in the Territory of Nagorno-Karabakh after 1828" by Dr. Araz Aslanlı (Director of the Caucasian Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies - QAFSAM), "Demographic Processes in the Territory of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1828 to Present" by Prof. Dr. Musa Qasımlı (MP of the Republic of Azerbaijan, historian), and "The Role of the Karabakh Clan in Armenia’s Domestic Politics" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar (lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Atılım University). The panel was concluded with the Q&A session.

The second panel, under the title of “Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute within the Context of Geopolitical Interests", was moderated by Prof. Dr. Kamer Kasım. The following presentations were made during the second panel: "Azerbaijan’s Stance towards the Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute" by Dr. Gulshan Pashayeva (Deputy Director of Azerbaijan SAM), "The Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute in International Law" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cavid Abdullahzade (Lecturer at the Department of International Law, Ankara University), "Great Powers’ Stance towards the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute" by Prof. Dr. Kamer Kasım (Vice President of the International Strategic Research Organization – USAK), and "Turkey’s Stance towards the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute" by Aslan Yavuz Şir (Senior Specialist at AVIM). The panel was concluded with the Q&A session.

Script & Photos: Hazel ÇAĞAN ELBİR, Analyst at AVİM