Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 13
Trend:
The 39th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) will be held under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan Dec. 14 in Baku, Trend reports citing the country’s foreign ministry.
The meeting will be attended by delegations headed by senior officials of the member countries.
The main priorities of Azerbaijan’s chairmanship include provision of efficient, reliable and safe transport and transit services in the organization, increasing the export potential of agriculture and the further development of tourism.
In general, four ministerial meetings were held during Azerbaijan’s chairmanship, including a meeting at the level of foreign ministers, 21 thematic meetings of a working group and an ad hoc working group, and action plans of a number of working groups were adopted (tourism, ICT, energy).
After Azerbaijan, the chairmanship will pass to Bulgaria.
The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, which was founded in 1992, is an intergovernmental organization uniting 12 states of the Black Sea and Southern Balkans. The headquarters of the organization is located in Istanbul.
Azerbaijan assumed the BSEC chairmanship at the 38th meeting of the Organization's Council of Foreign Ministers, which took place on June 27. Azerbaijan will chair BSEC until December 2018.