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    AZERBAIJAN TO ACCEPT BSEC PA ROTATING PRESIDENCY FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS
    By Nana Petrosian

    AZG Armenian Daily
    09/06/2006

    The 27th session of Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic
    Cooperation is currently running in Yerevan with the participation
    of 11 states (except for Serbia and Montenegro). In his greeting
    speech President Robert Kocharian said: "Our countries face common
    challenges of organized crime and terrorism.

    Meanwhile it's obvious that our nations strive for the European
    integration. This means that we can unite our efforts for a large-scale
    regional cooperation."

    "Economic cooperation of the region's states and development of
    communication infrastructures will create an atmosphere of trust thus
    contributing to solving of regional problems," parliament speaker
    Tigran Torosian said in his opening speech. All participating
    delegations agreed that the BSEC PA represents interests of
    the entire region and is a good ground for fostering economic
    relations, implementing joint economic projects and attracting new
    investments. During the 6 months of running the BSEC PA presidency
    Armenia took steps in direction of spurring economic cooperation
    and strengthening legal foundation of the structure, Gagik Minasian,
    head of the Armenian delegation to BSEC PA, and speaker Torosian said.

    By the end of the session Armenia will hand over the rotating
    presidency to Azerbaijan, representatives of which stated on June
    7 that feel safe in Armenia and had a chance to get in touch with
    the Armenians. Musa Guliev accompanied by deputy Samvel Nikoyan
    visited his native home in a village of Sisian region. At any case,
    the National Security Service provided the Turkish and Azerbaijani
    delegations with special security guards.

    Besides session-related questions journalists asked Turkish and
    Azerbaijani delegates about the Nagorno Karabakh issue and Armenian
    Genocide recognition thus transform the interview into an emotional
    dispute.

    Aside from this, the representatives of the not-so-friendly
    states stressed the importance of economic cooperation. Turkish
    deputy Mehmed Sevige avoided a direct answer to a question about
    Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railway construction but emphasized that
    his country's Foreign Ministry and Communication Ministry are looking
    into this issue and assured that a beneficial decision will be taken.

    Georgia's representative, Davit Saganelidze, said answering the same
    question that if the two options are put on the table Georgia will
    accept the one that includes Gyumri railway but disagreement of Turkey
    and Azerbaijan can halt the project which is vital for the region.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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