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ARMENIAN FM TO ATTEND ISTANBUL GATHERING
Suleyman Kurt Ankara
Today's Zaman, Turkey
June 4 2007
The president of neighboring Armenia, which has no ties with Turkey,
has been invited to attend a regional summit of the Black Sea countries
in Ýstanbul, but the country is expected to be represented at foreign
ministerial level.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Costas
Karamanlis are most likely to attend the summit of the Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC), officials said. Ukrainian President
Victor Yushchenko is also expected to be in attendance at the meeting,
hosted by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
The BSEC was founded in 1992 to boost cooperation and economic
integration among regional countries in the post-Cold War era,
but the organization has largely failed to materialize many of its
ambitions. Turkey, which took over the presidency of the BSEC for six
months in May, wants to use its term at the helm of the organization
to revitalize it by developing concrete projects. One such project
is the construction of a 7,500-kilometer highway that will be built
around the Black Sea. The highway plans will be introduced to the
public during the Ýstanbul summit.
On the sidelines of the summit, BSEC and UN Development Program (UNDP)
officials are expected to sign a cooperation accord. UNDP President
Kemal Derviþ will be among the participants of the meeting.
Ankara sees the June 25 summit as an opportunity for the BSEC to
revive itself and extricate itself from a political crisis that is
hindering the organization's decision-making abilities.
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Suleyman Kurt Ankara
Today's Zaman, Turkey
June 4 2007
The president of neighboring Armenia, which has no ties with Turkey,
has been invited to attend a regional summit of the Black Sea countries
in Ýstanbul, but the country is expected to be represented at foreign
ministerial level.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Costas
Karamanlis are most likely to attend the summit of the Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC), officials said. Ukrainian President
Victor Yushchenko is also expected to be in attendance at the meeting,
hosted by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
The BSEC was founded in 1992 to boost cooperation and economic
integration among regional countries in the post-Cold War era,
but the organization has largely failed to materialize many of its
ambitions. Turkey, which took over the presidency of the BSEC for six
months in May, wants to use its term at the helm of the organization
to revitalize it by developing concrete projects. One such project
is the construction of a 7,500-kilometer highway that will be built
around the Black Sea. The highway plans will be introduced to the
public during the Ýstanbul summit.
On the sidelines of the summit, BSEC and UN Development Program (UNDP)
officials are expected to sign a cooperation accord. UNDP President
Kemal Derviþ will be among the participants of the meeting.
Ankara sees the June 25 summit as an opportunity for the BSEC to
revive itself and extricate itself from a political crisis that is
hindering the organization's decision-making abilities.
--Boundary_(ID_3RB+0w2QSijpimQYKACYJw) --