On 13 April 2018 in Tavrichesky Palace was held the 47th Plenary Session of the IPA CIS chaired by the Chairperson of the IPA CIS Council, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Mrs. Valentina Matvienko.
Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, attended the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development, which took place in Athens during 12-13 April 2018.
The PABSEC Delegation composed of: Mr. Petar Kanev, PABSEC Vice-President (Bulgaria), Mr. Otari Danelia, PABSEC Vice-President (Georgia), Mr. Ramazan Can, PABSEC Vice-President (Turkey), Mr. Symeon Kedikouglou, Member of the PABSEC Hellenic Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the monitoring observer election mission of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018.
During 3-4 April 2018, the PABSEC delegation composed of Mr. Konstantinos Morfidis, Head of the PABSEC Hellenic Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the International Conference “Diversity in Unity and Fundamental Freedoms for Christians and Muslims in the Middle East: A Conference for Parliamentary Dialogue” held in Beirut, Lebanon.
The Fiftieth Meeting of the PABSEC Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee was held in Bucharest, on 28-29 March 2018, upon the invitation of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Romania.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and its International Secretariat convey deep condolences and sympathy to the Russian Federation and the families of the victims of the deadly fire in the shopping mall in Kemerovo on 25 March 2018 claiming more than 60 lives, mostly children.
Upon the invitation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the PABSEC Delegation, composed of Mr. Ramazan CAN, PABSEC Vice-President and Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation, and Mr. Fuat Kuçukaydin, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, participated in the 138th Assembly of the IPU, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, during 24-28 March 2018.
Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, paid a visit to Mr. Gramoz Ruçi, PABSEC President and Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania, in Tirana on 23 March 2018.
Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, attended the 9th International Black Sea Symposium on Blue Growth as a driver for regional development, which took place in Athens during 20-21 March 2018.
During 17-19 March 2018, the PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Petar Kanev, PABSEC Vice-President (Bulgaria), Mr. Andrea Marto, PABSEC Vice-President (Albania), Mr. Ramazan Can, PABSEC Vice-President (Turkey), Mr. Igor Becic, Head of the PABSEC Serbian Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, visited Sochi in the framework of the monitoring observer election mission of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
