Turkish Parliament Speaker In Strasbourg

STRASBOURG - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc arrived in Strasbourg on Monday to attend the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments in which parliament speakers of Council of Europe (COE) member countries will participate.
The theme of the parliamentary summit is ''Europe of citizens: parliaments and participation of citizens''.
Arinc will attend the meeting of Athens Working Group in the afternoon which will bring together parliament speakers of European Union (EU) member and candidate countries.
Turkish Parliament Speaker Arinc will meet with Sergey Mironov, the Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Three sittings on ''how democratic is our democracy?'', ''modern technology and democratic procedures'' and ''Co-operation for more democracy - National Parliaments and European Assemblies'' will be held during the three-day conference.
Arinc is expected to return to Turkey on Thursday.
(BRC-AÖ) 17.05.2004