Armen Press
July 7 2004

ARMENIA TAKES CHAIRMANSHIP OVER SOUTH CAUCASIAN INITIATIVE

YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS: During a July 1-4 meeting of the
so-called South Caucasian Parliamentary Initiative in Bulgaria’s
capital of Sofia, the chairmanship of this loose forum was passed
from Georgia to Armenia. The Initiative that brings together ten
parliament members from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, holds its
plenary sessions twice a year. The decision to pass the rotating
chairmanship to each of the sides for six months was made last year.
Deputy parliament chairman Tigran Torosian told a news conference
today that the latest session adopted a regulation that all decisions
should be passed by consensus. Torosian said the Armenian side
presented its plan of actions for the next six months, in which he
said the main focus will be on promoting European integration, for
which a conference will be held in October with participation of
lawmakers also from Central and Eastern Europe.
Torosian said also the Armenian side will try to expand the volume
of cooperation among the three nations’ parliamentarians in different
European organizations.
The meeting took a resolution condemning all attempts that are
designed to impede enlargement of cooperation among the three
nations.