South Caucasus

Around sixty participants, including Ambassadors, officials, experts and civil society activists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and from the international community, participated in the 3rd South Caucasus Dialogue Forum, held in hybrid form in Yerevan, and on line. The keynote speaker was the Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, Lasha Darsalia. The European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Ambassador Magdalena Grono, also addressed the forum. Dr Benyamin Poghosyan, Dr Vasif Huseynov, Dr Tornike Sharashenidze, Dr Anar Valiyev and Mr Narek Minasian made substantial interventions in the panel presentations, addressing some of the topics currently facing the region, and answered questions. The meeting was opened by Dr Stepan Grigoryan, Chairman of and Dr Dennis Sammut, Director of LINKS Europe Foundation, the co-organisers of the 3rd Forum, made opening remarks in the event chaired by Alexandra Dumitrescu. The 3rd Forum built on the success of the 1st Forum held in Kachreti in August 2023, and in Tbilisi, in October 2025, and some of those attending these two events were also present in the 3rd Forum. Realism, hope, action and vision characterised the discussion and the mood of participants in the 3rd South Caucasus Regional Dialogue Forum. The forum will continue in Tbilisi in early 2027.