06 06 10 - AZERBAIJAN ASSUMES BSEC PA PRESIDENCY FOR NEXT 6 MONTHS

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.06.2006 18:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan has assumed the presidency in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly for the next 6 months. Milli Mejlis speaker Oktay Asadov will become the next chairman of the BSEC PA. The decision was taken at the 27th plenary session of the General Assembly of the BSEC PA in Yerevan by rotation principle.

Parliamentary delegations from all the BSEC PA member states - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey and Ukraine are taking part in the session. Representatives of Egyptian National Assembly, French parliament, the German Bundestag, Israeli Knesset, National Council of Slovakia and Belarusian National Assembly have the status of observer.

Secretary General of the BSECO International Secretariat Leonidas Chrisanthopoulos, representatives of the International Center of Black
Sea Studies, the European Parliament and PACE also take part in the session.

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