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Caucasus

 

Azerbaijan - Georgia – Armenia

The destination has been set to the region of Caucasus. This is the area between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea that contains the Caucasian mountains reaching over 5000 meters above sea-level as well as the Transcaucasian lowlands. This remarkable region is home to a lot of wildlife such as Leopard, Brown bear and Bison.

The oldest archaeological findings dates to 4000 BC and the area have been a part of various empires over the last 5000 years. The religious, cultural and linguistic variation are huge and one may encounter a great variety of people and nature within just a 500 km radius.

The three (only counting the widely recognized) countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are framed by the borders of Russia, Turkey and Iran. Its a region that many of us know far to little about. There are a lot of disputed borders and areas in the region which we have been reminded of every now and then. The genocide of Armenians and other ethnic groups in the early 20th century, terror attacks in Russia in the name of liberating Chechnya, the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia are a few examples.

 

Pre Trip activities:
2012-02-08 Hans Gunnar Adén, former ambassador to Southern Caucasus will come to Ekonomikum at 17.00.
2012-02-15 Capt. Jan Almgård, military observer in Georgia, on the conflict that escalated in 2008. At Ekonomikum, 18.00.
2012-02-22 Greg Simons, expert on political communication. Will talk about Russian-Caucasus relations. Ekonomikum 17.00.

 

A few of the planned activities during the trip:

Azerbaijani high official (a couple of alternatives)

Baku Nobel Foundation

EUMM – EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia

CENN – Caucasus Environmental NGO’s Network (Confirmed)

GYLA – Georgian Young Lawyers Association (Confirmed)

Georgian Wine Legacy

Georgian Parliament

Armenian Parliament

Armenian Genocide monument & museum

UNICEF Armenia (Confirmed)

 

A part from these meetings we will experience the social life, visit tourist attractions and have a lot of fun. Come join us!

 

Date

The trip to Caucasus 2012 will be 2nd – 16th of April.

I you want information on the trips plannings process. Contact resa@ufuppsala.se.

 

Ticket-release

Time and date: 12.00 on the 25th of February (open to all UF members)
Price: 7000 SEK
Last date of payment: 2nd of March.

Rules for the ticket-release!

Other information

Please make sure you have read and understood the queuing rules before the ticket release. If you do not follow the queuing rules at the ticket release, you lose your spot in the line. You find a description of these rules under the “Queuing Rules” button to the left.

The UF is not a regular tour operator in the sense that every traveller is completely responsible for his/her own security and health, and the payment rules and conditions are completely the hotel’s and airline’s own ones.

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact travel cordinator Erik Schrammel or the assistant travel coordinator. See contact details below.

 

Erik Schrammel
Travel Coordinator – Uppsala Association of International Affairs
Tel: +46 (0)73 507 86 61
E-mail: resa@ufuppsala.se

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