Armenia plays stabilizing role in Black Sea regionMay 27, 2009 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia plays stabilizing role in Black Sea region, Ara Nranyan, ARFD Advisor on Economic Issues, told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. "BSEC has 12 member states, some of them being CIS countries. Being one of South Caucasian states, Armenia plays an important stabilizing role," he said.In the meantime, Mr. Nranyan finds BSEC the only international organization where all countries (including those having territorial problems) adhere to constructive positions. "It's noteworthy that this is the only organization where Turkey conducts constrictive policy in relation to Armenia," Nranyan said. Destructive policy, according to ARFD representative, is conducted by Azerbaijan. "This is seen in their attempts to subordinate the organization's objectives to their political goals, something other members states do not approve of," Nranyan noted, adding that the organization's objective was economic cooperation and most problems discussed there concerned regional development issues. Armenia became BSEC member state in November 2008. Black Sea Economic Cooperation was established in 1992, with Armenia being one of the founding states. Currently, the organization has 12 member states: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. BSEC observer states are Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and US. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. |