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As one of the co-founders of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), Azerbaijan is interested in strengthening the effectiveness of this structure, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
He made the remarks addressing the informal meeting of foreign ministers of BSEC member states as part of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, US.
Mammadyarov said that the whole activity of the organization should be based on the agreed priorities, said the message from Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Sept.30.
Azerbaijan proposes to reduce the number of BSEC subgroups and merge them, said the foreign minister, adding that meanwhile, it is important to strengthen the activities of the working groups.
Furthermore, Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan has undertaken to coordinate the activities of working groups on customs, science and technologies.
In order to increase the effectives of the organization’s activity, the country has also taken over the functions of coordinator in the working group on information and communication technologies (ICT), he added.
Azerbaijan also considers it important to strengthen the financial and budget system of BSEC in order to effectively solve the problems which the organization faces, said the foreign minister.
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation came into existence as a unique and promising model of multilateral political and economic initiative with the signing of the Istanbul Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement by the heads of state and government of the countries in the region, on June 25, 1992.
With the entry into force of its Charter on May 1, 1999, BSEC acquired international legal status and was transformed into a full-fledged regional economic organization – the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
Today BSEC serves as a forum for cooperation in a wide range of areas for its 12 member states: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
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