PABSEC GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation meets in ordinary sessions twice a year, usually in the last decade of June and in the first decade of December, by rotation in each member country.

The spring and autumn sessions are the main activity of the PABSEC. Each Plenary Session of the General Assembly provides a forum for vigorous discussions as well as assessment of BSEC activities and adopts reports and recommendations, declarations and decisions. These documents are transmitted to the BSEC Meetings of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, national parliaments and governments of the member countries and international organizations. Traditionally, the President of the host country, the Speakers of the thirteen National Parliaments and the BSEC Chairman-in-Office are invited to address the PABSEC General Assembly.

Sessions of the PABSEC took place in Istanbul (June 1993), Kyiv (December 1993), Bucharest (June 1994), Tirana (December 1994), Moscow (June 1995), Ankara (November 1995), Baku (June 1996), Tbilisi (December 1996), Athens (June 1997), Chisinau (December 1997), Bucharest (June 1998), St. Petersburg (December 1998), Ankara (June 1999), Kyiv (December 1999), Tirana (June 2000), Yerevan (November 2000), Baku (June 2001), Sofia (December 2001), Tbilisi (June 2002), Athens (November 2002), Chisinau (June 2003),Bucharest (December 2003), Saint Petersburg (June 2004), Antalya (November 2004), Kyiv (June 2005), Tirana (November 2005), Yerevan (June 2006), Baku (November 2006), Varna (June 2007), Tbilisi (December 2007), Athens (June 2008), Chisinau (November 2008), Bucharest (June 2009), Moscow (November 2009), Belgrade (June 2010), Trabzon (November 2010), Kyiv (July 2011), Tirana (November 2011), Yerevan (May 2012), Baku (November 2012), Sofia (June 2013), Tbilisi (December 2013), Athens (May 2014), Athens (December 2014), Chisinau (June 2015), Bucharest (November 2015), Moscow (June 2016), Belgrade (December 2016), Istanbul (July 2017), Kyiv (November 2017), Tirana (June 2018), Yerevan (November 2018), Baku (June 2019), Sofia (November 2019), Georgia, online (August 2020), Greece, online (November 2020), Republic of Moldova, Online (June 2021), Romania, online (November 2021), Belgrade (December 2022), Ankara (May 2023), Kyiv (November 2023), Tirana  (May 2024)