2018 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo Theme Forum “Building a New Platform for Openness and Cooperation, Creating New Drivers of Shared Development” was held in Guangzhou on 25-26 October 2018 upon the initiative of the People’s Government of Guangzhou Municipality and the People’s Government of Guangdong Province.
Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the Solemn Opening of the Star Oil Refinery, owned by the Azerbaijani State Oil Company SOCAR, in Izmir, on 19 October 2018.
Ms. Violeta Ivanov, Head of the PABSEC Moldovan Delegation and Mr. Daniel Dulca, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, participated in the 139th IPU Assembly which took place in Geneva, on 14-18 October 2018.
The Fifty-Second Meeting of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee was held in Kavala, Greece, on 17-18 October 2018, upon the invitation of the Hellenic Parliament.
The PABSEC International Secretariat expresses its warmest congratulations on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
At the invitation of Mr. Binali Yıldırım, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) the PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Cemal Öztürk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the Third Meeting of the Speakers of the Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments which was hosted by the GNAT, in Antalya, on 8 – 11 October 2018.
The Fifty-First Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee was held in Sofia, on 2-3 October 2018, upon the invitation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.
On 29-30 September 2018 in Sochi, upon the initiative of Sochi Municipality and in cooperation with the PABSEC International Secretariat, the representatives of the Black Sea cities of Turkey, Bulgaria and Russia participated in the meeting dedicated to the development of cruise tourism.
The Fifty-First Meeting of the PABSEC Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee was held in Kyiv, on 26-27 September 2018, upon the invitation of the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada).
The PABSEC delegation composed of Mr. Konstantinos Morfidis, Head of the PABSEC Hellenic Delegation, Mr. Cemal Ozturk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the Ceremony marking the 100th Anniversary of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Milli Mejlis), on 21 September 2018, in Baku.
