The recurrent meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Caucasian
Four (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.