Wednesday, April 11 2018 17:29

ArmInfo. The last meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation was held without incident, and the Armenian delegation cooperated with its colleagues in a normal working environment. This was stated by the  deputy from the "Elk" bloc, a member of the Armenian delegation to  the PABSEC Gevrog Gorgisyan at a press conference on April 11.

Gorgisyan noted that the incident in Kiev, when the Armenian  delegation was not invited to the special meeting of the PABSEC  General Assembly and the decisions were made without it, was  unprecedented, while noting that this behavior was directed not  against Armenia, but against Russia. "After the incident in Kiev, we  sent a written appeal to representatives of all delegations asking  them to condemn such situations, and we are sure that there will not  be such unpleasant incidents in the future," the deputy said.

However, this time, according to the deputy, the meeting passed  without incident. Several proposals of the Armenian delegation  related to the PABSEC regulations were accepted, the member of the  Armenian delegation Vahe Enfiadjian was elected the deputy chairman  of the economic commission of the PABSEC.

Gorgisyan noted that at the last meeting of the PABSEC the issues on  the development of high technologies and their role in the economic  and political life of the countries were discussed. "We presented the  situation related to high technologies and their use in Armenia, and  we presented the situation and prospects of our country during the  speeches, in particular, we noted that the business sphere is  actively developing in Armenia, while stressing that Armenia is open  for cooperation, "the MP stressed. In conclusion, Gorgisyan added  that the members of the Armenian delegation drew conclusions from the  unpleasant incident in Kiev and will continue to be ready for such  situations. It should be noted that on November 29 at the 50th  General Assembly of the PABSEC a meeting was held at the initiative  of the Ukrainian delegation, to which the representatives of Armenia  were not deliberately invited. In response to this behavior, Armenian  MPs issued a statement in which they described the incident as an  insult not only against the Armenian delegation, but also the whole  organization. As a sign of protest, the Armenian delegation left the  meeting room. "Later it became clear that as a result of the  discussion a change was made in the text of the declaration  concerning the conflicts existing in the region, which completely  contradicts the principles of international law - the non-use of  force, territorial integrity and self-determination of peoples," the  statement said. The Armenian delegation urged the remaining  delegations "not to succumb to provocations, not to serve the  political interests of some countries, to condemn such behavior and  return to the field of constructive cooperation, which is based on  the essence and traditions of the PABSEC."