YEREVAN. – The Jagiellonian University of Poland and Yerevan State University (YSU) organized a debate in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.

During the event, the Polish and Armenian political analysts discussed the achievements and the future of Eastern Partnership, and the perspectives of EU-Armenia cooperation.

The scholars from the Jagiellonian University – Prof. Bogdan Szlachta, Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies; and Dr. Piotr Barjor – and the representatives of higher educational institutions of Yerevan, the political world of Armenia, and YSU faculty and students attended the conference entitled “The European Partnership and Armenia: Objectives, Experiences and Challenges.”

Among the Armenian participants of the discussion were Prof. Edgar Ghazaryan, Governor of Vayots Dzor Region; MP Tevan Poghosyan; Prof. Gegham Petrosyan, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations at YSU; Dr. Artur Ghazinyan, Director of European Studies Center at YSU; and Prof. Aleksander Markarov, Advisor to the rector of YSU.

The roundtable of the Polish and Armenian political analysts was convened by the financial support of the Department of Culture and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, and within the scopes of the “Co-operation in the Field of Public Diplomacy 2013” program.

Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzisław Raczyński stressed that Poland, as the initiator of the European Partnership, will enhance the strengthening of EU-Armenia cooperation to the possible extent, and support the process of reforms and system changes in Armenia, which will bring Armenia closer to EU.

Before the start of the conference, however, the discussants stood a minute of silence in memory of Poland’s late Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki.