The 41^st Annual Meeting of Deans and Directors of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations

Director of the Diplomatic School of Armenia, Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan took part in the 41st Annual Meeting of Deans and Directors of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations, held in Pretoria, South Africa, from September 23^rd to September 27^th.

The meeting known under the name of International Forum on Diplomatic Training [IFDT] was this year devoted to the problems of teaching contemporary conflicts at institutes of diplomatic training. Ambassador Gabrielyan made a presentation devoted to the activities and role of enablers, i.e. international mediators of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He spoke of the tools and methodologies of conflict resolution and international negotiations used by the mediators in this particular case.

The Forum also discussed issues of its further development and issues related to the use of both existing and new tools for further and improved cooperation.