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10 March 2010 - 15:22 AMT

Azerbaijani media “appoint” Christian Vigenin EURONEST head

"I cannot imagine how you can elect the chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly on Eastern Partnership Program (EURONEST) without consultation with partner countries and without convening a meeting," Naira Zohrabyan , MP from "Prosperous Armenia" parliamentary group, chairman of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on European integration told a PanARMENIAN.Net, commenting on the information in the Azerbaijani media that EURONEST will be headed by MP from Bulgaria Christian Vigenin.

According to the MP, Christian Vigenin is the chairman of the European Parliament delegation to EURONEST.

EURONEST’ first meeting will be held on March 23 and 24 in Brussels. It will be attended, in total, by 120 MPs – 60 parliamentarians from EU countries and 10 from each of the participating countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus).