ICHD’s Vahan Asatryan participated in the Discussion of Turkish-Armenian Relations in Kars on 2-4 November, 2010. The discussion has been organized by The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF). ICHD representative presented the economic perspectives of cross-border cooperation between Armenia and Turkey. He specified that significant opportunities for the development of Kars region are lost as a result of the current state of affairs between Armenia and Turkey. Cooperation with Armenia will become particularly substantial for Eastern Turkey in the areas of energy, cross-border trade and agriculture, mentioned the speaker. Deepening economic and infrastructure cooperation and enhancing existing business partnerships under unfavorable conditions could become critical drive for moving rapprochement agenda ahead in Turkey, he concluded.