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Working visit of Professor Osman Bulent Zulfikar, Rector of the Istanbul University, President of the BSUN to the PABSEC International Secretariat, Istanbul, 19 January 2026

On 19 January 2026, Professor Osman Bulent Zulfikar, Rector of the Istanbul University, President of the Black Sea University Network (BSUN) paid visit to the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General. Prof. Zulficar was accompanied by Prof. Haluk Zulfikar, Chief Consultant to the Rector, Prof. Canan Cacına, Institutional Coordinator of Bilateral and Multilateral Relations Office, Assoc. Prof. Feyza Nur Tuncer Kılınç, Head of International Academic Relations Office.

International Ayder Energy Forum, Rize–Ayder, Republic of Türkiye, 15–16 January 2026

The International Ayder Energy Forum commenced its work in Rize, Republic of Türkiye, on 15 January 2026.

Working Visit of Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, to Rize (Republic of Türkiye), 16 December 2025

On 16 December 2025, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, visited the city of Rize with the aim to participate in the preparatory work for the Second International Ayder Forum to be organised in Ayder (Rize, Republic of Türkiye) on 14-17 January 2026.

Visit of Representatives of the Union of Bosphorus Municipalities to the PABSEC International Secretariat, 11 December 2025

On 11 December 2025, the representatives of the Union of Bosphorus Municipalities, composed of Mr. Hüseyin Coşkun, Deputy Mayor of the Sariyer Municipality, member of the Union, Mr. Yasin Cemal Galata, Manager of the Union, and Ms. İrem Köse Reis, Head of the Fisheries Unit of Sarıyer Municipality, paid a visit to the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.

Working Visit of Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, to the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, Ankara, 9 December 2025

On 9 December 2025, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, paid a working visit to Ankara and met with Mr. Numan Kurtulmuş, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT).

Visit of Mr. Bratislav Karddić, Consul General of Montenegro in Istanbul, to the PABSEC International Secretariat, Istanbul, 5 December 2025

On 5 December 2025, Mr. Bratislav Karddić, Consul General of Montenegro in Istanbul, paid an official visit to the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Group Foundation and Honorary Consul of Türkiye in Montenegro.

Visit of Ambassador Merve Kavakcı, First Deputy Secretary General of the BSEC Permanent International Secretariat, to the PABSEC International Secretariat, Istanbul, 3 December 2025

On 3 December 2025, Ambassador Merve Kavakcı, First Deputy Secretary General of the Permanent International Secretariat of the BSEC Organization, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.

66th Plenary Session of the PABSEC General Assembly, Sofia, 24–25 November 2025

The Opening Ceremony was addressed by Mr. Dragomir Stoynev, Vice-President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Mr. Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, participated as a Special Guest and addressed the participants. Opening remarks were also delivered by Mr. Georg Georgiev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria and BSEC Chairman-in-Office, Mr. Petar Kanev, Head of the PABSEC Bulgarian Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.

Working visit of the PABSEC Secretary General, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

On 25 November 2025, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General paid a visit to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and met with Academician Evelina Slavcheva, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Meetings of the Bureau and of the Standing Committee, 23 November 2025, Sofia

The meetings of the Bureau and of the Standing Committee were held on 23 November 2025 and were chaired by H.E. Ms. Raya Nazaryan, PABSEC President, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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