BSEC Parliamentary Assembly meets in Baku

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 14 2004

The 24th two-day meeting of the Committee on Legal and Political
Issues of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization (PABSEC) started in Baku on Wednesday.
Representatives from all BSEC member states, except Armenia and
Moldova, participated in the meeting focusing on issues of stability
and security in the region.

In his opening remarks, head of the Bulgarian delegation Borislav
Ralchev said that security is a priority issue in the Black Sea
region and that the ongoing conflicts in the region affect external
developments. Ralchev pointed out the need for assistance in fighting
organized terrorism and maintaining regional peace and stability.
The Milli Majlis (parliament) Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov focused on the
problems caused by the conflicts ongoing in regions. He underlined that
terrorism poses a threat to the world community in the globalization
period and that the territory of Upper Garabagh has turned into an
uncontrolled zone and center of separatism and terrorism as a result
of Armenia’s policy of invasion.

“Every state that supports terrorism directly or indirectly must be
held accountable,” Alasgarov added.*