NOMINEE FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPEN ON MODERN

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000150 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/CARC, PM/PPA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL AM SUBJECT: NOMINEE FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPEN ON MODERN INSURGENCY REF: STATE 012490 ¶1. 1. Post would like to nominate Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Arms Control and National Security Department at the MFA (roughly U.S. Assistant Secretary equivalent),for the Marshall Center European conference on insurgency March 26-27. Yedigarian is a knowledgeable, effective, and influential interlocutor. He speaks English well, his fluency honed during his tenure as Armenian DCM in Washington, as was his ability quickly to grasp the U.S. perspective in a policy discussion. GODFREY