REPRESENTATIVES OF ENERGY DEPARTMENTS OF OBSEC MEMBER-STATES DISCUSS POSSIBLE UNIFICATION OF OBSEC AND EU ENERGY SYSTEMS

ArmInfo
2009-03-20 14:28:00

ArmInfo. As part of the 5th meeting of the Ministerial Council of
the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (OBSEC) opening in
Yerevan on March 20, joint plant of cooperation between OBSEC and the
European Union (UN) will be discussed and adopted, Armen Movsisyan,
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources told journalists.

He said the unification of the energy systems of OBSEC and EU is in
question. This will naturally settle the global issue of energy safety
of the whole Eurasian space. In conditions of the global financial
crisis, the continuation of the given plan is very important. ‘It is
important not to frozen the adopted decision for lack of funds’, the
minister said. He also added that the settlement of the given problem
is of extreme importance for future growth of global economy which
the energy departments of OBSEC member-states should be ready for.

Representatives of Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova,
Romania, Greece, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine participate in
the meeting.

Azerbaijan; representative has not arrived at the meeting despite
the invitation by Armenian minister.