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  • Meeting of BSEC Foreign Ministers held in Yerevan

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    of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    of the Republic of Armenia
    Tel. + 37410 544041. ext. 202
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    The Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
    BSEC member-states held in Yerevan



    On April 16, the 20th meeting of the Council of the Ministers of
    Foreign Affairs of the member-states of Organization of the Black Sea
    Economic Cooperation was held in Yerevan under the Chairmanship of
    Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian. Delegations of 12
    member-states, 9 observers, as well as representatives of partner
    countries, the BSEC structural institutions and international
    organizations also attended the meeting.

    The agenda of the meeting included wide range of issues concerning the
    deepening of economic cooperation between the countries of the Black
    Sea region, the improvement of the efficiency of the organization, the
    strengthening and enhancement of cooperation of member-states within
    bilateral and multilateral formats, the promotion of EU-BSEC
    partnership, as well as the joint efforts aimed at the reduction of
    the consequences of global financial crisis.

    In his opening remarks, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
    summarized the results of the activities of Armenian six-month
    Chairmanship-in-Office. Minister Nalbandian expressed hope that this
    meeting will provide wider opportunities for practical steps aimed at
    the promotion of cooperation between member-states, enhancement of
    multilateral cooperation in the area of economy within the region, as
    well as on the international arena, improvement of the efficiency of
    Organization's activity.

    Armenian Foreign Minister mentioned that during the Armenian
    Chairmanship-in-Office of the BSEC more than 50 events were held -
    Ministerial meetings, conferences, seminars and sessions of the
    working groups.

    Edward Nalbandian stressed that the Armenian Chairmanship highly
    appreciates the results reached through active partnership in the
    areas of transport, energy, science and technologies, small and medium
    entrepreneurship, health, tourism, education and culture.

    Minister Nalbandian also mentioned that among the priorities of
    Chairmanship-in-office, Armenia focused on the enhancement of
    cooperation between the BSEC and international organizations.

    In their speeches, heads of the delegations of the BSEC member-states
    and BSEC Secretary General highly appreciated Armenia's activity as a
    Chairman-in-Office of the organization and mentioned that the BSEC's
    activity in that period was has been active and effective.

    During the Ministerial session, Iran and Jordan became sectoral
    dialogue partners of BSEC.

    At the end of Ministerial Council the ceremony of handover of BSEC
    Chairmanship by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to
    Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammad-Quliyev took place,
    which was followed by joint press conference of Foreign Minister of
    Armenia, Deputy Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Albania BSEC
    Secretary General.
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