Round Table Discussion on The Role of Civil Society in Peaceful Settlement of Conflicts

On October 29, 2014 a round table discussion on The Role of Civil Society in Peaceful Settlement of Conflicts was held at The World Council of Churches (WCC) Armenia Inter-Church Charitable Round Table Foundation (ART).
The discussion opened with the welcoming remarks by the Head of the Inter-Church Relations Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Bishop Hovakim Manoukyan, Primate of the Diocese of Artik, and Doctor Karen Nazaryan, Executive Director of the ART.

The three discussion sessions were facilitated by Frater Vahram Melikyan, Director of the Information Services Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Spokesman of His Holiness Karekin II, Mr. Khachik Galstyan, President of The Armenian Conflict and Peace Research Association, and Mr. Aram Safaryan, President of Integration and Development non-governmental organization.
Mr. Karen Bekaryan, President of the European Integration NGO, Mr. Boris Navasardyan, President of the Yerevan Press Club, Mr. Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of The Caucasus Institute Endowment, Mr. Ashot Melikyan, President of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, Ms. Laura Baghdasaryan, Director of the Region Research Centre, and Mr. Stepan Grigoryan, Director of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation delivered their key-note addresses during the discussion.

The discussion concluded with an in-depth exchange of views. The round table discussion was summarized by the intervention of Bishop Hovakim Manoukyan, member of the ART Board of Trustees.