Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly Meetings Start In Antalya

BELEK (AA) - Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly (BSECPA) 24th Term Meeting started in Belek hamlet of southern city of Antalya on Tuesday.
     Making opening remarks of the meeting, Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said, ''BSECPA has been maintaining its activities since 1992-1993 with its 11 members. Earlier, Serbia-Montenegro applied to become a member of BSECPA. Their membership will be approved during the meeting.''
     ''BSECPA is an international organization having a population of nearly 350 million and gross national product of 300 billion U.S. dollars. Many international organizations have been monitoring its activities,'' he added.
     Representatives of member countries to BSECPA (Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Greece) are attending the meeting.
     On Thursday, BSECPA 22nd Term President Bulent Arinc will hand over his mission to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Litvin.
     Arinc is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with Parliament Speaker Zoran Sami of Serbia-Montenegro on Wednesday and with Parliament Speaker Volodimir Litvin of Ukraine on Thursday.
     (UK-MS)
2004-11-23