BAKU: Chairmanship In PABSEC To Be Transferred To Azerbaijan

CHAIRMANSHIP IN PABSEC TO BE TRANSFERRED TO AZERBAIJAN
Author: A.Mammadov

TREND, Azerbaijan
June 8 2006

Today the 27th plenary meeting of the General Assembly of the
Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)
was completed in Armenia.

According to the speaker of Armenian parliament Tigran Torosyan, the
work of the Assembly was beneficial and aimed at resolving unsettled
questions facing the countries of the region.

On the final day of the meeting, the participants adopted the agenda
of the next 28th meeting of General Assembly which will be held in
Baku in November 2006.

The agenda of the meeting included various issues related to
alternative energy resources and their possible application in the
Black Sea region, optimization of international conditions in studying,
mitigating and minimizing the disasters in the Black Sea region,
legal protection of intellectual property, globalization process and
potential threats of cultural diversity.

The chairmanship in PABSEC will be transferred from Armenia to
Azerbaijan in near 6 months.