BSEC FOREIGN MINISTERS MET IN BAKU
armradio.am
22.10.2009 18:33
The 21st sitting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation Organization was held in Baku today.
Delegations from 12 member states participated in the sitting chaired
by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. The Armenian
delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan.
Speaking at the sitting, Arman Kirakosyan touched upon the perspectives
of multifaceted cooperation within the framework of the BSEC,
emphasizing the achievements registered in different fields of
cooperation. He attached importance to economic cooperation without
preconditions as a most important guarantee of settlement of issues
existing in the region. In this context he recalled the recently
signed Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishment and development
of bilateral relations as a best expression of such an approach.
Touching upon the Armenian-Turkish protocols, Secretary General of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Leonidas Chrisanthopoulos
emphasized the importance of the documents for the development of
cooperation in the region and within the framework of BSEC.
At the end of the sitting Azerbaijan handed the chairmanship of the
organization to Bulgaria