Armenia will not attend the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization’s (BSEC) upcoming meeting in Baku to participate in the election of its Secretary-General, says the head of the National Assembly’s delegation.In a speech addressig the parliament, Gagik Minasyan noted that the delegation had earlier warned the BSEC leadership of such a decision in case of a choice for the Azerbaijani capital.
“We said was that the [BSEC] Bureau would deprive Armenia of participation in its president’s election in case they hold [the meeting] in Baku. But they opted for an unbalanced decision,” he noted.Armenia took over the organization’s six-month chairmanship last week on the sidelines of its plenary session held in Tirana, Albania.
The organization is to hold a ministerial session in Yerevan on June 27. The event will bring together delegations from all the BSEC member-states, including Azerbaijan and Turkey. In comments to Tert.am eaerlier today, the Foreign Ministry’s press secretary, Tigran Balayan, said the countries will participate in the meeting on the level of a deputy foreign minister and a senior foreign ministry representative, respectively.