Euronest PA 1st session due Sept 14-15 in Strasburg

PanARMENIAN.Net - The first session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Strasburg on September 14-15, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to Euronest PA Elkhan Suleymanov said.

According to the parliamentarian, recommendations concerning Eastern Partnership Summit due September 29-30 in Warsaw will be discussed, with relevant decision to be passed during the session. Co-rapporteurs of the Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy David Darchiashvili and Traian Ungureanu prepared initial report, titled “Recommendations for 2011 Eastern Partnership Summit: high expectations for purposeful activity”; the report was sent to Euronest PA committees for opinions and proposals.

The parliamentarian said the committees prepared initial opinion on the report. The Azerbaijani delegation also submitted a number of proposals to relevant committees.

As Suleymanov noted, final opinions for inclusion of “Recommendations for 2011 Eastern Partnership Summit: high expectations for purposeful activity” into the report will be confirmed at the meetings of the Euronest PA’s Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy, Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies, Committee on Energy Security and Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society. Declaration on Belarus drafted by the co-rapporteurs of the working group on Belarus Dumitru Dyakov and Yatzek Sariush-Volski will be discussed and adopted during the session, APA reported.

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