On
June 4th CRRC Armenia was pleased to welcome a group of Turkish graduate
students, scholars and journalists as part of their 3-day study tour in
Armenia. As the first stop on their tour, CRRC director HeghineManasyan gave
them general background information on Turkish-Armenian relations, as well as a
detailed look at how Armenians view various issues concerning both official and
unofficial rapprochement between the two countries.
Some
of the issues covered in the presentation include attitudes towards political ties
with Turkey throughout the South Caucasus, attitudes regarding
economic connections between Armenia and Turkey, support for opening the border
with Turkey without any preconditions, as well as opinions on the impact of potentially
increased political and economic relations between the two countries. A few new
questions regarding the NagornoKarabakh region were discussed as well. After
the presentation Dr. Manasyan took questions from the group about various
surveys and provided some explanations and analyses on the findings.
In
addition to visiting CRRC, the study participants also met a variety of
government and civil society leaders throughout Armenia. CRRC was honored to be
a part of the study tour and looks forward to hosting other similar groups in
the future.
If you are interested in looking through the slides for the presentation it has been uploaded and can be viewed below.
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