CAUCASIAN FOUR SPEAKERS TO MEET IN TBILISI APRIL 22-24March 31, 2005 - 09:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The recurrent meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments of the CaucasianFour (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia) is scheduled in Tbilisi April 22-24, Regnum news agency reported. The Speakers intend to discuss the social and political situation in the countries, issues of development of regional and inter-parliamentary cooperation, settlement of conflicts. The meeting will be organized on the initiative of the Georgian Speaker Nino Burjanadze. The "Caucasian Four" format was instantiated by Russia in 1996. Since then several meetings of the Presidents, Ministers of Internal Affairs, Security Council Secretaries, as well as the Speakers of the four countries have been held. ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |