Asaf Hajiyev

Participation of the PABSEC in the 15th PAM Plenary Session, 3-4 June 2021

Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General and Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, participated in the 15th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) that took place online on 3-4 June 2021. PAM President Mr. Karim Darwish inaugurated the session with a keynote speech, followed by a message by Mr. António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. Over 180 delegates from different countries and international organizations joined the event.

PABSEC Participation in the International Parliamentary Conference “Global Challenges and Threats in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Terrorism and Violent Extremism , 15 April 2021.

Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, took part in the International Parliamentary Conference “Global Challenges and Threats in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Terrorism and Violent Extremism”, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPACIS) jointly with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) on 15 April 2021.

Working Meeting of Ms. Zinaida Greceanii, PABSEC President, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, 9 April 2021.

On 9 April 2021 Ms. Zinaida Greceanii, PABSEC President, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova had an online meeting with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, the PABSEC Secretary General. Ms. Violeta Ivanov, Head of the PABSEC Moldovan Delegation also participated in the meeting.

Participation of the PABSEC delegation in the observation of parliamentary elections in the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, 4 April 2021

PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Cemal Ozturk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation, Mr. Musa Guliyev, member of the PABSEC Azerbaijani Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, took part in the observation mission for parliamentary elections in the Republic of Bulgaria in Sofia on 4 April 2021. The PABSEC Delegation was accompanied by Mrs. Pavlina Lozanova, Secretary of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee.

PABSEC Participation in the Parliamentary Meeting “Cross-regional Cooperation in Shaping a Resilient Economic Recovery”, 30 March 2021

Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, took part in the online Parliamentary Meeting “Cross-regional Cooperation in Shaping a Resilient Economic Recovery” on 30 March 2021. The Parliamentary Meeting was jointly organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA).

PABSEC Participation in the International Conference “The Role of Higher Education in the Development of the Society, Economy and Culture in the Black Sea Region in the Context of the Global Pandemic”, 30 March 2021

Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, took part in the online International Conference “The Role of Higher Education in the Development of the Society, Economy and Culture in the Black Sea Region in the Context of the Global Pandemic” on 30 March 2021.

Visit of Mr. Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Group Foundation, to the PABSEC International Secretariat, Istanbul, 22 March 2021

On 22 March 2021, Mr. Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Group Strategic and Social Research Foundation, and Mr. Serdar Tabanca, Member of the Board of Directors, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.

Meeting of the Draft Budget and Auditing Commission, Istanbul, 2 March 2021

The meeting of the Draft Budget and Auditing Commission was held at the PABSEC International Secretariat on 2 March 2021. The members of the Commission discussed the implementation of the PABSEC budget in 2020 and adopted the Auditing Report, and also prepared the draft Budget for the 2022 financial year, which will be submitted to the Meeting of the Standing Committee in the framework of the 57th General Assembly in June 2021.

The First 2021 Meeting of the Working Group on the PABSEC Rules of Procedure, Istanbul, 1 March 2021

The First 2021 Meeting of the Working Group on the PABSEC Rules of Procedure was held in Istanbul on 1 March 2021. The Meeting was attended by the national delegations of Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The PABSEC marks the day of its establishment.

We congratulate all the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation on the day of the establishment of the Assembly and wish many more years of cooperation for the benefit of the states and the peoples in the BSEC Region.

Asaf Hajiyev

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