No: 327, 11 December 2013, Press Release Regarding the Visit of H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, to Yerevan on 12 December 2013 on the Occasion of the 29th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)

H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will pay a visit to Armenia to attend the 29th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), to be held on 12 December 2013 in Yerevan, of which Turkey is a founding member and is hosting its Secretariat.

This meeting is deemed crucial for the member countries reiterating their commitment to the goal of providing an impetus for efficient functioning of the BSEC and focusing on concrete cooperation projects within the organization.

At the 29th Meeting of the Council of Ministers, an evaluation will be made on the New Economic Agenda Document which was adopted at the 20th Anniversary Summit Meeting of the BSEC and which presents the 2020 vision of the Organization for the Black Sea in several areas including trade, transportation, energy, communication, science and technology, tourism and education as well as the performance of the targets designated within the framework of the Action Plan for the implementation of this document. Furthermore, on the basis of common expectations of the member countries, an exchange of views on how to furnish the Organization with a more effective and visible structure will take place.