TIRANA, Dec 15 /ATA/ – Albania took over the six-month rotating presidency of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) from Türkiye during the 47th Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers that took place in Istanbul on Friday.
Albanian delegation to the meeting was led by the Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Besart Kadia.
Kadia highlighted the significant progress and achievements during the presidency of Türkiye, and voiced Albania’s readiness and commitment to assume the next six-month chairmanship of this regional initiative starting as of January 2024.
In this context, Deputy Minister Kadia highlighted Albania’s concrete accomplishments during presidency of the UN Security Council, the Berlin Process, etc.
Headquartered in Istanbul, the BSEC was established in 1992 with the aim of acting in a spirit of friendship and good neighborliness and enhancing mutual respect and confidence, dialogue and cooperation among the member states.
The group has 13 members: Türkiye, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.
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