CHAIRMEN OF ARMENIAN, AZERI AND GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTS MET IN STRASBOURG

May 17 a meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan was held in Strasbourg. As reported by the Press Service of the National Assembly of Armenia, in the course of the meeting Artur Baghdasarian, Murtuz Aleskerov and Nino Burjanadze discussed questions of signing the Pact of Stability in the Caucasus, formation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the South Caucasian countries, promotion of regional dialogue both between authority structures and civil society institutions, media and non-governmental organizations. The parties also discussed issues of European integration, deepening regional cooperation, conflict settlement via political dialogue. Agreement was reached on joint working out of the draft of the Pact of Stability in the Caucasus and activation of inter-parliamentary contacts. Today, May 18, the summit of heads of the Parliaments of the countries represented in the PACE opens in Strasbourg. Within the framework of the forum Artur Baghdasarian will hold a number of bilateral meetings.