The 9th International Conference on “Energy and Climate Change” took place in Athens, Greece, at the Athens University History Museum of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – NKUA, during 12-14 October 2016 and it was held under the auspices of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC).
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Mr. Zoran Markovic, the Consul General of the Republic of Serbia in Istanbul paid a visit, on 10 October 2016, to the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul where he had a meeting with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the PABSEC Secretary General. In the meeting also participated Mrs. Sandra Vujinovic, Deputy Consul.
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Upon the invitation of the Parliament of Georgia, the PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Namik Dokle, the Head of the PABSEC Albanian Delegation, Mr. Konstantinos Morfidis, the Head of the PABSEC Hellenic Delegation, Mrs. Lyudmila Denisova, the Head of the PABSEC Ukrainian Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the Secretary General of the PABSEC, participated in the election monitoring mission in Telavi, the main city and administrative centre of Georgia's eastern province of Kakheti on 8 October 2016.
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The Forty-Eighth Meeting of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee and the Forty-Seventh Meeting of the PABSEC Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee were held in Antalya on 5 October 2016, upon the invitation of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey.
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During 29 September – 2 October 2016, Mr. Daniel Dulca, the PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, participated in the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE PA in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2016 Autumn Meeting, brought together some 170 parliamentarians from the OSCE’s 57 participating States, in Skopje, and was addressed by Mr. Trajko Veljanoski, the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Mrs. Christine Muttonen, the President of the OSCE PA and Mrs. Renata Deskoska, the Head of the Macedonian Delegation to the OSCE PA.
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The PABSEC International Secretariat expresses deep sorrow over the passing of the former Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mr. Shimon Peres.
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Mr. Vladimir Mironovich, the new Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Istanbul paid a visit, on the 22nd of September 2016, to the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul where he had a meeting with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the PABSEC Secretary General.
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At the invitation of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Gagik Minasyan and Mr. Musa Guliyev, the PABSEC Vice-Presidents, Mr. Peter Kanev, the Head of the PABSEC Bulgarian Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the Secretary General of the PABSEC, participated in the election monitoring mission in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation on 17-19 September 2016.
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The Presidents and Speakers of Parliaments from the 47 Council of Europe member states and many partner, observer and neighboring countries, along with the Presidents of other international assemblies, met in Strasbourg on 15 and 16 September 2016 for a European Parliamentary Summit, held every two years. At this important event, the PABSEC was represented by Mrs. Maja Gojkovic, the PABSEC President and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the PABSEC Secretary General.
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On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the PABSEC Secretary General met H.E. Mr. Nicolae Timofti, the President of the Republic of Moldova on 8 September 2016 in Chisinau.In the framework of this meeting, it were discussed the PABSEC actions to turn the Black Sea Region into an area of peace, stability and prosperity. Mr. Timofti reiterated Republic of Moldova's interest in the process of economic cooperation with BSEC member countries, focused on facilitating trade and developing transport infrastructure. Mr. Gheorge Duca, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, and Dr. V. Novruzov, the representative of the business community of the Republic of Moldova participated at the meeting.
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