August 12, 2009 - 15:29 AMT
Emergency Situations Ministers of BSEC member states to meet in Baku on September 18
Emergency Situations Ministers of BSEC (Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation) member states will meet in Baku on September 18.

Prior to the ministers' meeting, experts will meet in Baku on September 17.

BSEC is an intergovernmental organization, which brings together 12 states from the Black Sea region and the Balkans (Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine).

Organization was founded on May 1, 1999, based on the Agreement on Black Sea Economic Cooperation.

BSEC chairing state is Azerbaijan, which will hold chairmanship till October 31, Azerbaijani APA news agency reports.