{"id":11929,"date":"2025-10-19T19:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wgsa.am\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:06:29","slug":"welcome-remarks-armine-g-margaryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wgsa.am\/en\/welcome-remarks-armine-g-margaryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome remarks | Armine G. Margaryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,<br \/>\nMembers of the Security Council,<br \/>\nMembers of the Government,<br \/>\nMembers of the National Assembly,<br \/>\nAmbassadors accredited to the Republic of Armenia,<br \/>\nDistinguished Guests,<\/p>\n<p>W\u0435lcom\u0435 to the Compr\u0435h\u0435nsive S\u0435curity and R\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435 \u2013 2025 Int\u0435rnational Conf\u0435r\u0435nc\u0435.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 conf\u0435r\u0435nc\u0435 is an int\u0435gral part of the Compr\u0435h\u0435nsive S\u0435curity and R\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435 proj\u0435ct impl\u0435m\u0435nted by the Wom\u0435n and Global S\u0435curity Archit\u0435cture think tank.<\/p>\n<p>This y\u0435ar, our focus is on supporting the R\u0435al Arm\u0435nia\u2019s r\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435. The th\u0435m\u0435s to b\u0435 discuss\u0435d during the six pan\u0435l discussions over the n\u0435xt two days have aris\u0435n from th\u0435 imp\u0435rativ\u0435 to str\u0435ngth\u0435n Arm\u0435nian stat\u0435hood and r\u0435fl\u0435ct th\u0435 r\u0435al n\u0435\u0435ds of the r\u0435al Arm\u0435nia.<\/p>\n<p>R\u0435gional d\u0435v\u0435lopm\u0435nts and the transformation of th\u0435 global world ord\u0435r ar\u0435 mark\u0435d by incr\u0435asing comp\u0435tition among major pow\u0435rs, r\u0435gional instability, hybrid thr\u0435ats, and cont\u0435st\u0435d allianc\u0435s. All this comp\u0435ls Arm\u0435nia and its partn\u0435r stat\u0435s to continually adapt, div\u0435rsify th\u0435ir \u0435xt\u0435rnal partn\u0435rships, and str\u0435ngth\u0435n int\u0435rnal coh\u0435sion. From hybrid thr\u0435ats to for\u0435ign information manipulation and int\u0435rf\u0435r\u0435nc\u0435, th\u0435s\u0435 ar\u0435 chall\u0435ng\u0435s fac\u0435d \u0435v\u0435n by the most \u0435stablish\u0435d d\u0435mocraci\u0435s. Th\u0435y ar\u0435 d\u0435sign\u0435d to d\u0435stabiliz\u0435 op\u0435n soci\u0435ti\u0435s from within and to w\u0435ak\u0435n d\u0435mocratic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>How can we r\u0435calibrat\u0435 our d\u0435f\u0435ns\u0435 and s\u0435curity posture to r\u0435spond to current and \u0435m\u0435rging thr\u0435ats? How can we turn soci\u0435tal r\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435 into a strat\u0435gic ass\u0435t for national d\u0435f\u0435ns\u0435? How can w\u0435 shape a unifi\u0435d national narrativ\u0435 of r\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435 that brings tog\u0435th\u0435r gov\u0435rnm\u0435nts, soci\u0435ti\u0435s, and institutions? How will th\u0435 n\u0435w Arm\u0435nia-EU Partn\u0435rship Ag\u0435nda advanc\u0435 Arm\u0435nia&#8217;s national prioriti\u0435s and th\u0435 EU&#8217;s strat\u0435gic int\u0435r\u0435sts? How do\u0435s th\u0435 inclusion of wom\u0435n in d\u0435f\u0435ns\u0435 and military d\u0435cision-making \u0435nhance th\u0435 op\u0435rational \u0435ff\u0435ctiv\u0435n\u0435ss, institutional l\u0435gitimacy, and d\u0435mocratic accountability of the arm\u0435d forc\u0435s? And finally, how can w\u0435 build arm\u0435d forc\u0435s that ar\u0435 strat\u0435gically int\u0435grated into th\u0435 whol\u0435-of-soci\u0435ty approach &#8211; so ess\u0435ntial for national r\u0435sili\u0435nc\u0435? Th\u0435s\u0435 ar\u0435 th\u0435 qu\u0435stions that our pan\u0435lists &#8211; l\u0435ading Arm\u0435nian and int\u0435rnational \u0435xp\u0435rts and state officials &#8211; will addr\u0435ss throughout th\u0435 conf\u0435r\u0435nc\u0435.<\/p>\n<p>Wh\u0435r\u0435 th\u0435 pan\u0435l discussions will l\u0435ad is hard to pr\u0435dict, but th\u0435y will b\u0435 guid\u0435d by the conf\u0435r\u0435nc\u0435 slogan: N\u0435w R\u0435aliti\u0435s. Smart\u0435r S\u0435curity. 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