OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2009. The 21st regular session of the Council of Foreign Ministers from the member states of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) will be held in Baku on October 22.

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Denisov will head the Russian delegation to the meeting.

The meeting is expected to discuss further increasing the effectiveness and strengthening the role of the BSEC as the sole full-fledged multilateral international organization incorporating the states of the Black Sea region and interested in developing partner relations with other international and regional organizations, primarily the UN and the European Union.

BSEC performance improvement, and practical steps to deepen multilateral regional cooperation and implement specific transport and energy projects will be the focus of attention, along with consideration of the outcomes of Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of the BSEC (May-October 2009).