

- Eurasia Security Program
August 2003 Regional Workshop Agenda in Baku , Azerbaijan :
29 August -30 August
Arrival of participants
30 August
Tour of Baku
19:00 Official Dinner hosted by Colonel General Abiyev, Minister of Defence
31 August
9:30 – 10:00 Opening remarks:
Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affirs
Sergei Konoplyov, Director, Black Sea Security program
Country presentations
10:00 – 10:30
Azerbaijan : Trans-Caspian Cooperation; Western Security Integration; Iran
Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
10:30 – 11: 00
Bulgaria : New NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea .
Ivan Yordanov, Head, International Cooperation Department
11:00 – 11:30
Georgia : Reform on Security Ministries/Westernizing Georgia’s Ministry, Separatist Conflicts and the Threat to Georgian Domestic Stability.
Mamuka Kudava, Director, Department of USA, Canada and Latin America
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 12:30
Greece : The relations of the European Union with the Black Sea Countries
General Karadenas, Director, Directorate of Strategic Studies, Minister's Staff
12:30 – 13:00
Moldova : security implications of the unresolved Transdnistria situation on the region; Efforts to curb transnational threats.
Andrei Popov, Head, Department of International Security, MFA
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
Romania : New NATO membership; Thoughts on the role of NATO/PfP in the Black Sea ;
Tudor Munteanu, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Brigadier General
15:30 – 16:00
Turkey : status of Black sea security organizations (BLACKSEAFOR, etc.); analysis of threat environment and effects on the Black Sea region; US-Turkey Relations.
Omer Tuzel, Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16:00 – 16:30
Ukraine : Trans-National Threats, Defense Reform/NATO integration
Sergei Pirozhkov, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Defense Council
1 September
9:30 – 10:00
US Cooperation with the Region
James MacDoughall, Principal Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense/International Security Policy/Eurasia
10:00 – 10:30
EUCOM Partnerships programs
Colonel Michael Anderson, EUCOM, Chief, Europe Division, J-5
10:30 – 11:00
EU Cooperation with the Region
Dov Lynch, Fellow, The European Union Institute for Security Studies,
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Security priorities in the Black Sea/Caspian Sea Region
Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies
12: 00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Open Discussion
15:30 Conclusion of the Workshop
19:00 Final Dinner
2 September
Departure of participants