Memorandum of Parliamentary Assembly of South Caucasus Has Been Signed
Baku Today
June 17 2005
17/06/2005 03:15
Memorandum of Parliamentary Assembly of South Caucasus has been signed
in the parliament of Georgia on June 16.
Chairman of the parliament of Georgia Nino Burjanadze, Vice Speaker
of the national assembly of Armenia Tigran Torosian, Deputy of the
Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan Siyavush Novruzov took part in the ceremony
of signing.
At the briefing held on the results of signing Nino Burjanadze noted
that the importance of this event. “This step has become possible
thank to the experience of the Baltic Inter-parliamentary Assembly,”
she said.
The Georgian Speaker also noted that the “Armenia and Azeri politicians
could overcome contradictions and barriers for reaching the goals
connected with the processes of integration into Europe and joining
NATO.”
As all participants of the briefing noted, the states of South Caucasus
would be able to provide their own development, and development of
the region in the whole.
Speaking about the problems of the region, including unsettled
conflicts, the participants of the briefing expressed assurance in
their overcoming.
It was noted that any positive results of the work of the
Interparliamentary Assembly of South Caucasus can be expected by
2007 year.