Armenian President in Minsk took part in a round table on East-West  relations

ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sargsyan in Minsk participated in a round table on East-West relations at the Main Group meeting (MSC Core Group) of the Munich 

Security Conference (Munich Security Conference). The discussion was 

opened by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

As reported by the presidential press service, Armen Sargsyan will 

give a speech on November 1 on discussions on regional conflicts. As 

previously reported, the delegation headed by President of the 

Republic of Armenia Armen Sargsyan, which included Secretary of the 

National Security Council Armen Grigoryan and other officials, went 

to the Republic of Belarus on a working visit to the upcoming Minsk 

meeting of the Main Group (MSC Core Group) of the Munich Conference 

on November 30 Security (Munich Security Conference). More than 70 

European leaders, prominent political figures, representatives of 

international organizations and the academic community arrived to 

discuss issues of regional security along the East-West line and the 

economic situation in Eastern Europe.

The Munich Security Conference has been held in Munich (Germany) 

annually since 1963. The delegation of Belarus takes part in the 

conference since 2006. Minsk in 2018 for the first time became a 

platform for a meeting of the ICD Core Group - 9 years after its 

first meeting. The IBC is an influential and representative platform 

for discussing international security policy issues. Meetings of the 

Main Group of the Conference are usually organized in various 

capitals of the world, providing an opportunity for high participants 

to discuss the most important issues of international international 

security policy. Traditionally, the core group focuses on the 

security policy of the host region.