  Turkey hands over BSEC presidency to Ukraine December 16, 2012 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey handed over the presidency of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to Ukraine. During a BSEC meeting in Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu handed over the presidency to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko for the first six months of 2013. As Mr. Hryshchenko stated during the handover ceremony, Ukraine will take every effort to boost the regional role of the Organization. He also noted trade, transport, energy, science, technologies, tourism, environment protection and countering organized crime as key issues on Ukraine's BSEC presidency agenda. Currently, the Organization lists 12 member states: Azerbaijan, Albania, Bulgarian, Armenia, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
